STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1412

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, 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 bill is to allow private marinas and
yacht clubs to take custody and dispose of vessels abandoned on
their premises.

     Private marinas and yacht clubs may be the site of abandoned
vessels that detract from their beauty and may threaten the
security of other vessels.  Providing these marinas and yacht
clubs the authority to handle the disposing of these vessels will
assist the State with keeping the harbors and state waters safe
and attractive.

     Your Committee finds that it is important to track these
sales that are arranged through private marinas and yacht clubs
and to know how each vessel was disposed of or to whom the vessel
was sold.  Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure
to require that an affidavit of sale or disposal be filed by a
repair business, private marina, or yacht club simultaneously
with the action of the sale or disposal.


 
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     Your Committee has also amended this measure by counting the
thirty days after a notice is received instead of mailed when
calculating the days before a vessel is considered abandoned and
by changing from five calendar days to five business days the
number of days a notice will be deemed received after mailing.
 
     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 H.B. No.
1177, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1177, H.D.
2, S.D. 1.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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