CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 111-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2702

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

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. 2702, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A MAJOR DISASTER TRUST ACCOUNT,"

 

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 federal reimbursements for disaster relief to be held in a trust account for future disaster relief.

 

     Current law in section 37-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that unexpended appropriations be returned to the general fund.  The State Department of Defense pays disaster relief expenses out of operating funds to be later reimbursed from federal funds which would lapse into the general fund.  This measure allows federal reimbursements to be held in a trust account to ensure that these funds do not lapse at the end of the fiscal year.  This measure would preserve federal funds in a trust account so that the funds will be available for expenditure on future disaster relief efforts.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by deleting the appropriation and changing the effective date to upon approval.

 

     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. 2702, 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. 2702, 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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FAYE HANOHANO, Co-Chair

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

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HENRY J. C. AQUINO, Co-Chair

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Co-Chair