CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 143-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2883

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2883, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAKAHA VALLEY,"

 

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 require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a flood study for Makaha Valley and investigate all potential funding sources to finance the flood study and any improvements or repairs as recommended by the flood study.  The measure also appropriates out of the general revenues of the State an unspecified amount for the flood study.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the source of the appropriation for the flood study to the Special Land and Development Fund;

 

     (2)  Appropriating $500,000 for the study;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2883, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2883, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair		____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair
____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair		____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair
____________________________ MALAMA SOLOMON, Co-Chair
____________________________ MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair