CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.155-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2669

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2669, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE SPECIAL FUND,"

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 assist the Convention Center in meeting its operational and maintenance expenses by increasing the ceiling on the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues to be deposited into the Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund per calendar year from $31,000,000 to $33,000,000.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by 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. 2669, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2669, H.D. 1, 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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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair

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JERRY L. CHANG, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair