CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 82-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    S.B. No. 2542

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

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. 2542, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE,"

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 each state executive agency that manages a state-owned building, facility, or other improvement to submit to the Legislature an annual report on the funds and positions deemed necessary by the agency to perform routine repair and maintenance on the state-owned building, facility, or other improvement during the fiscal year covered by the report;

     (2)  Require Judiciary to submit a similar report for Judiciary-owned buildings, facilities, and other improvements; and

     (3)  Require every capital improvement project for the construction of a new state-owned building, facility, or other improvement to include a recommended plan for the routine repair and maintenance of the building, facility, or other improvement.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the deferred maintenance of state-owned buildings, facilities, and other improvements leads to more expensive capital replacement or renewal costs in the future.  Implementation of this measure will promote transparency and preserve the condition of state-owned buildings, facilities, and other improvements for public use or benefit in a cost efficient manner, now and into the future.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the requirement that every capital improvement project for the construction of a new state-owned building, facility, or other improvement include a recommended plan for the routine repair and maintenance of the building, facility, or other improvement;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to upon approval; and

     (3)  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. 2542, 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. 2542, 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

____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair	___________________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair
	___________________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair
	___________________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair