CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 150-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2704

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2704, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HA`IKU 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 bill is to preserve and protect Haiku Valley, a site of cultural and natural significance, by establishing the Haiku Valley Cultural Preserve Commission (Commission) to oversee the Haiku Valley Cultural Preserve.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by replacing its contents with the language in the H.D. 2.  Specifically, this bill has been amended by:

 

(1)  Deleting the requirement that the Department of Land and Natural Resources and other departments with interest in lands within the Haiku Valley Cultural Preserve deed those lands to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and that the Governor set aside those lands; and

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to upon its approval.

 

This bill has been further amended by:

 

(1)  Changing the principal department to which the Commission is administratively attached, from OHA to the Department of Land and Natural Resources;

 

(2)  Removing the appropriation; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, 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 H.B. No. 2704, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2704, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair

 

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KEN ITO, Co-Chair

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JILL TOKUDA, Co-Chair

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair