STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1296

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 217
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs and Economic Development, to which was referred S.C.R.
No. 217 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
     HONOKOHAU HARBOR ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request improvements in
security at Honokohau Marina, simplified rules governing the
Honokohau Harbor, and improved maintenance of the Honokohau
Harbor.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of the intent
of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources
(DLNR).

     Your Committees find that DLNR is fully aware of the
problems existing at Honokohau Harbor, as outlined in this
measure, and the department is working to alleviate them.  Your
Committees have heard, however, that financial resources for
increased enforcement and maintenance are limited to high
priority actions and projects.

     Your Committees further find that DLNR is currently working
on a comprehensive review and revision of the rules to modernize
and simplify their language, and support the department in this
effort to reorganize the rules in a more usable format.


 
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     Your Committees support continued efforts by DLNR in this
area.  Your Committees have made a technical, nonsubstantive
amendment to this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Economic Development that are attached to this report, your
Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 217,
as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as
S.C.R. No. 217, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs
                                   and Economic Development,



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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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