Bill Text: HI SB1549 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Small Boat Harbors; Commercial Vessels; Development
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-13 - (H) Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 747). [SB1549 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB1549-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 705
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1549
S.D. 2
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1549, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to fund repairs at the Ala Wai and Keehi Boat Harbors by:
(1) Authorizing issuance of commercial use permits;
(2) Establishing a process to impose mooring fees; and
(3) Directing the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into a public-private partnership to lease and develop certain lands at the Ala Wai Boat Harbor.
Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from William J. Aila, Jr. Chairperson, Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Your Committee received comments in opposition to this measure from thirty-one individuals.
Your Committee finds that the State lacks sufficient funds to provide the necessary repairs and maintenance of the Ala Wai and Keehi Boat Harbors. Your Committee further finds that the issuance of a limited number of commercial use permits for vessels operating at Ala Wai and Keehi Boat Harbors would generate the desperately needed revenues while keeping the harbor available for recreational purposes. However, your Committee recognizes that legitimate boating safety concerns exist and that there is a need for further discussion.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1549, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1549, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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