CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 134

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1015

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1015, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMPTROLLER,"

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 require the Comptroller to perform additional office space management duties for state agencies occupying facilities that are managed by the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee on Conference finds that remote teleworking during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has enabled the State to make better use of its limited resources, including office space, furnishing, equipment, electrical and data requirements, storage space, and other traditional needs of employees who work at state facilities. Your Committee on Conference further finds that the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) manages roughly one percent of the entire state building inventory.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Expanding the Comptroller's authority to manage spaces in facilities to include those that are not managed by DAGS;

(2) Decreasing the total square footage of state-leased space for the Comptroller to reduce before July 1, 2026, from twenty-five to ten percent;

(3) Requiring the Comptroller to submit the first annual progress report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2022;

(4) Making it effective upon its approval; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 S.B. No. 1015, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1015, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA Co-Chair	____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Chair
____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Co-Chair