CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 57-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2398

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2398, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Create the Pulehunui Community Development District to allow for planning, development, and maintenance of public lands in Pulehunui, Maui; and

(2) Amend the Hawaii Community Development Authority membership to include the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; and director of the department of planning and permitting of each county, or their respective designees, in which a community development district is located.

Your Committee on Conference finds that establishing a dedicated development district will allow the governing board to access various forms of federal funding to develop lands within the district. Your Committee on Conference further finds that the public lands in Pulehunui, Maui, are relatively underdeveloped and afford strong potential for growth and development to meet community needs.  Accordingly, this measure will facilitate community-oriented development by establishing the Pulehunui Community Development District and by amending the composition of the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the rulemaking authorization from the new part added by this measure to chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2398, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2398, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair	____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Chair
____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA Co-Chair	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Co-Chair
	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair
	____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair
	____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Co-Chair