CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 149

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 1471

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       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. 1471, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS,"

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 address the funding of government programs by:

(1)  Providing for the transfer of moneys from the Environmental Response Revolving Fund into the General Fund if the ending balance exceeds a certain amount at the end of a fiscal year, and deleting provisions requiring certain positions to be funded by the Environmental Response Revolving Fund;

(2)  Making an appropriation to the Legislative Reference Bureau to update its 2002 invasive species study;

(3)  Repealing or forcing the lapse of certain appropriations for fiscal year 2014-2015 that are not expected to be expended; and

(4)  Re-appropriating some of the lapsed appropriations.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1)  Deleting the provisions related to the transfer of moneys from the Environmental Response Revolving Fund into the General Fund and the funding of certain positions by that Fund;

(2)  Deleting the appropriations for the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation Revolving Fund for use for the HI-Growth Initiative;

(3)  Deleting the appropriation for the repair and maintenance of facilities of the Department of Education;

(4)  Deleting the appropriation for the repair and maintenance of facilities of the University of Hawaii;

(5)  Deleting the fiscal year 2016-2017 appropriation for the Agricultural Loan Revolving Fund;

(6)  Deleting the appropriation and the authorization to use funds saved from the lapsing of funds from health care payments for the repair and maintenance of state housing facilities of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority; and

(7)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1471, 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. 1471, 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

____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair