CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. -0 41-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2909

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

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. 2909, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMIT APPROVALS,"

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 a county to opt out of the automatic approval law by adopting an ordinance to exempt the county as a whole, or any county agency, from the automatic permit approval law.

This measure will help ensure that complex applications are carefully reviewed and that thorough discussion and careful consideration is done before a decision is made regarding a business or development-related permit.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by deleting all of its provisions and inserting the language from S.B. 2909, S.D.1 to make the bill effective 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. 2909, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2909, S.D. 1, 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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CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair