CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 140

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 953

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 953, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

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 Land and Natural Resources to develop and publish a website that includes the application processes for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activity in the State regulated by or under the jurisdiction of the Department;

(2) Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to convert existing application processes into a digital format to be used on the website; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the establishment of the website.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the deadline for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and publish a website including all online application processes;

(2) Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and publish a mobile application accompanying the website and include a means of collecting any fee through the website and mobile application;

(3) Expanding the list of online application processes to be available on the website and mobile application to include licenses to visit a state-owned park, beach, forest, hiking trail, or other natural area on state land, as designated by rule by the Board Of Land And Natural Resources;

(4) Deleting language that would have required the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a report regarding its implementation of the website to the Legislature;

(5) Requiring the website and mobile application to be accessible to people with disabilities and available in multiple languages;

(6) Inserting an appropriation amount of $1,000,000 for the establishment of a website and mobile application for fiscal year 2023-2024 and deleting the appropriation for fiscal year 2024-2025;

(7) Adding the requisite information for making an appropriation in excess of the general fund expenditure ceiling pursuant to article VII, section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(8) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2023; and

(9) 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. 953, 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. 953, 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

____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Chair	____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair	____________________________ SEAN QUINLAN Co-Chair
	____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA Co-Chair