Bill Text: HI HB1709 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Small Boat Harbors; Mooring and Slip Use Permits

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - Referred to WAL, CPC, JUD, referral sheet 1 [HB1709 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1709-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1709
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to small boat harbors.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 200-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  The department shall not renew or issue a permit to a person who is not the owner of the vessel [which] that is moored or [which] that the person desires to moor in a state small boat harbor.  No use permit may be transferred unless specifically provided by law.  Any individual who is an owner of a vessel [used for commercial purposes, including commercial fishing as a principal means of livelihood,] and possesses a valid mooring permit or commercial permit, or both, in accordance with the rules adopted by the chairperson pursuant to chapter 91, may transfer ownership of the vessel [from personal ownership to corporate or other business ownership] without terminating the right to moor or operate the vessel under the permit or permits.  The existing permit or permits shall be reissued in the name of the transferee [corporation or other business entity]."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Small Boat Harbors; Mooring and Slip Use Permits

 

Description:

Allows an owner of a vessel who possesses a valid mooring or commercial permit to transfer ownership of the vessel without terminating the rights designated by the permit.  Requires the permit to be reissued under the name of the transferee.

 

 

 

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