CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 56

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1177
                                  H.D. 2
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED VESSELS,"

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 allow private marinas and
yacht clubs to take custody and dispose of vessels abandoned on
their premises.

     After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference
has amended this bill by:

     (1) Amending the calculation of days before a vessel is
         considered abandoned to be 30 days after a notice is
         "mailed" instead of "received"; and


 
 
 
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     (2) Specifying the number of days a notice will be deemed
         received after mailing as five "calendar" days instead
         of "business" days.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair       ROY M. TAKUMI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair           PAUL T. OSHIRO, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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JAN YAGI BUEN, Member              DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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MARSHALL IGE, Member               HERMINA MORITA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SAM SLOM, Member                   CYNTHIA THIELEN, Member