CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 112

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

 

RE:    H.B. No. 478

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

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. 478, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

 

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 bill is to appropriate funds for agricultural management positions and equipment to support prison farming programs at Kulani Correctional Facility and Waiawa Correctional Facility.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating $50,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 for the establishment of one full-time equivalent temporary agricultural management position in the Department of Public Safety to manage agricultural operations at Kulani Correctional Facility;

 

     (2)  Removing appropriations for specific equipment items and instead appropriating $50,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 for Kulani Correctional Facility agriculture equipment, to be expended at the discretion of the agricultural manager;

 

     (3)  Appropriating $50,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 for the establishment of one full-time equivalent temporary agricultural management position in the Department of Public Safety to manage agricultural operations at Waiawa Correctional Facility;

 

     (4)  Removing appropriations for specific equipment items and instead appropriating $50,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 for Waiawa Correctional Facility agriculture equipment, to be expended at the discretion of the agricultural manager; and

 

     (5)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2017.

 

     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. 478, 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. 478, 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

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA

Chair

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA

Co-Chair

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MIKE GABBARD

Co-Chair

 

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI

Co-Chair

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KAIALI'I KAHELE

Co-Chair