CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 144

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 697

       H.D. 1

       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. 697, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES,"

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:

     (1)  Require the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) to:

          (A)  Undertake lease buyback processing under the program of centralized engineering and office leasing services;

          (B)  Facilitate facility agreements between the State and private investors for the sale of facilities to private investors; and

          (C)  Conduct an inventory of all leases of property between state agencies and private entities and submit a report to the Legislature; and

     (2)  Require the Auditor to conduct a study that reviews the process, efficiencies, and accountability of various departmental engineering sections that manage general fund capital improvement projects.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Excluding the facilities managed or controlled by the Department of Transportation (DOT) from the DAGS program to facilitate facility agreements between the State and private investors for the sale of facilities;

     (2)  Clarifying that DAGS shall establish, coordinate, and manage a program to facilitate facility agreements between the State and private investors for the sale of facilities to private investors; 

     (3)  Excluding DOT from the auditor's study to review the process, efficiencies, and accountability of various departmental engineering sections that manage general fund capital improvement projects;

     (4)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000;

     (5)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015; and

     (6)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 697, 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. 697, 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

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair	____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Co-Chair