CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 17

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1924

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and 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. 1924, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE,"

 

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 allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to sell or exchange up to fifteen acres of state land to an eleemosynary organization under certain conditions without legislative approval for three years.

 

     Specifically, this measure requires that:

 

     (1)  The eleemosynary organization use the land for the construction and maintenance of a multi-purpose community center with sufficient size and facilities to serve a community of twenty-five thousand people;

 

     (2)  The eleemosynary organization demonstrates the sufficient sources of funding for the construction and maintenance of the community center; and

 

     (3)  If the land ceases to be used for the purposes and conditions of the multi-community center, the land will revert back to the State.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Establishing that section 171-50(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, does not apply to this measure;

 

     (2)  Properly citing sections 171-50(a) and (b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, within the measure, where applicable;

 

     (3)  Clarifying that, if the land reverts back to the State, any pending liabilities assigned to the property, eleemosynary organization, or other party in effect prior to the reversion will not be transferred to the State;

 

     (4)  Changing the effective date of this measure from July 1, 2020, to effective upon its approval; and

 

     (5)  Making technical and nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity 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 S.B. No. 1924, 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. 1924, 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

 

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KEN ITO, Co-Chair

 

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair

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PONO CHONG, Co-Chair

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair