STAND. COM. REP. NO. 293

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1177
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources, to
which was referred H.B. No. 1177 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow private marinas and
yacht clubs to take into custody and dispose of abandon vessels
on their premises in the same manner afforded to vessel repair
facilities.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and
Boats/Hawaii Inc., testified in favor of the measure

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive revisions for purposes of style and clarity.

     Your Committee finds that this bill will allow private
marinas and yacht clubs to dispose of abandon vessels on their
premises in a more timely and cost-effective manner.  This bill
will also relieve DLNR of the additional administrative and
financial burden involved in disposing abandon vessels on the
premises of private marinas and yacht harbors.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1177, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached

 
 
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hereto as H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee
on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources,



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                                   Roy M. Takumi, Chair