CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 138

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

 

RE:    H.B. No. 988

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

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. 988, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE WILDLIFE,"

 

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 support the operations of an environmental disaster standby and response facility in the State that has the capacity to undertake the recovery and rehabilitation of native wildlife that are sickened, injured, or contaminated as a result of an oil or fuel related disaster in the State by authorizing expenditures for that purpose from the Environmental Response Revolving Fund.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2013.

 

     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. 988, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 988, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, 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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MIKE GABBARD, Chair

 

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CINDY EVANS, Co-Chair

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MALAMA SOLOMON, Co-Chair

 

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CHRIS LEE, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Co-Chair