STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1595-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 2850
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2850, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GROUNDED VESSELS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Permitting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to assume control of the grounded vessel if the Department has made good faith efforts to provide actual notice of the grounding to the vessel's owner or the owner's representative and the notice is futile; and
(2) Exempting from these provisions an owner or an owner's representative who has:
(A) Received actual notification from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and
(B) Commenced effective salvage operations.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2850, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2850, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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