CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 74-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2768

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

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. 2768, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS,"

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) Authorize the Governor to designate the Department of Land and Natural Resources to administer or enter into an agreement for the administration of a green jobs youth corps to provide temporary work and training opportunities in the fields of natural resource management, agriculture, or other sustainability-related professions to young adults ages thirty-eight or younger;

(2) Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to partner with an organization that has received accreditation from the Corps Center of Excellence Accreditation Program or has at least ten years of experience providing similar programming statewide in the State, or both; and

(3) Appropriate funds.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps, a legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, has provided Hawaii's youth with opportunities in conservation. With the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which devastated Hawaii's economy, partnerships with nonprofit organizations such as Kupu enabled individuals to work in their own communities while also giving back to Hawaii's economy and environment.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the appropriation shall be used for the Green Jobs Youth Corps to provide salaries for not more than one thousand participants;

(2) Inserting an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the administration of the Green Jobs Youth Corps as provided in this measure; and

(3) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2022.

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. 2768, 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. 2768, 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

____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Chair
____________________________ PATRICK PIHANA BRANCO Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair
	____________________________ MIKE GABBARD Co-Chair