CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 40-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1823

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

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. 1823, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

 

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 provide a process for resolving disputes regarding the fair market value or fair rental value of public land in sale, lease, or repurchase transactions involving the Board of Land and Natural Resources through mediation while preserving the existing remedy of binding arbitration. 

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2014; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment to correct a drafting error in the existing statutory language.

 

     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. 1823, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1823, H.D. 1, 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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MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair

 

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CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair

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CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Co-Chair

 

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SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair

 

 

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Co-Chair