STAND. COM. REP. NO. 889

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1086
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
1086 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOATING PENALTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Land
and Natural Resources to impose administrative fines for
violations of the ocean recreation and coastal laws.

     This measure also authorizes the Board of Land and Natural
Resources to pursue costs and fees through other civil remedies
and does not limit the pursuit of criminal violations in addition
to imposing any administrative fines for violations of the ocean
recreation and coastal laws.  Providing the Board with a range of
penalties is an effective way to handle violators of the laws
that protect one of our State's most precious assets.

     The funds that are collected as a result of the new law will
be deposited into the boating special fund.  This added source of
revenue will assist in financing some of the administrative
expenses associated with the disposition of abandoned vessels and
other ocean and coastal related costs incurred by the Department
of Land and Natural Resources. 


 
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     Your Committee finds this measure will be a step toward more
efficient and self-supporting management of the ocean recreation
and coastal programs.
 
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1086 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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