STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1605

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1711
                                        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. 1711, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to address long-standing
problems involving private owners of piers situated on submerged
state lands in Kaneohe Bay.

     Your Committee finds that there are more than two hundred
piers in the Kaneohe and Kahaluu area that are built on submerged
state lands.  Many of the piers are not recorded by any
government agency nor are they being assessed for the use of
submerged state lands.  For various reasons, the State and
private pier owners have experienced difficulties resolving this
long-standing problem.

     This bill provides the necessary statutory authority for
both the State and private pier owners to legitimize such pier
use and allows the State to more easily assess as well as protect
private owners of piers on submerged state lands.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your

 
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Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1711, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                 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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