CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 110

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1451

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1451, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPROVING WATER QUALITY,"

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 appropriate funds to develop comprehensive strategies that establish broad water quality management goals for the entire Lake Wilson catchment consistent with comprehensive watershed management and to secure funding and coordinate the implementation of those comprehensive strategies.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000 for fiscal year 2005-2006 to develop the best strategies consistent with comprehensive watershed management to improve the water quality of Lake Wilson;

(2) Deleting the 2006-2007 fiscal year appropriation for the coordination and implementation of the comprehensive watershed management pilot demonstration project; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for 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. 1451, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1451, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Co-Chair

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair

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TOMMY WATERS, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Co-Chair