CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 117

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 1168

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

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. 1168, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOATING 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 measure is to authorize use of the boating special fund to pay for planning, developing, managing, operating, or maintaining lands and improvements under the control and management of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, including the hiring of permanent or temporary civil service exempt staff.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2015.

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. 1168, 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. 1168, 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

____________________________ LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ GIL RIVIERE, Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN, Co-Chair