STAND. COM. REP. NO. 993

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1177
                                        H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 2, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to allow private marinas and
yacht clubs to take into custody and dispose of vessels abandoned
on their premises in the same manner afforded to vessel repair
facilities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that the companion to this measure,
S.B. No. 1087 was heard and approved by this committee, with
amendments.  Your Committee notes that H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 2,
incorporates the preferred amendments. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1177, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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