HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

     COMMITTEE ON OCEAN RECREATION & MARINE RESOURCES
                 Rep. Roy M. Takumi, Chair
               Rep. Brian Schatz, Vice Chair

  Rep. Romy M. Cachola          Rep. Hermina M. Morita
  Rep. Nestor R. Garcia         Rep. Emily J. Auwae
  Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho           Rep. Colleen Meyer

              COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND USE
                Rep. Romy M. Cachola, Chair
              Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho, Vice Chair

  Rep. Nestor R. Garcia         Rep. Colleen Meyer
  Rep. Hermina Morita           Rep. Brian Schatz
  Rep. Roy M. Takumi            Rep. Cynthia Henry Thielen

                     NOTICE OF HEARING

        DATE:    Wednesday, February 10, 1999

        TIME:    8:30 A.M.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 312, State Capitol


                        A G E N D A

Joint Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources/
  Water and Land Use

HB 740     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BEACH RESTORATION AT
        HONOKOWAI BEACH PARK, KAAAWA BEACH PARK, AND THE
        SACRED FALLS SHORELINE                     OMR/WLU,FIN
        Appropriates funds to conduct an engineering design
        and analysis of beach restoration at the designated
        shorelines of Honokowai, Kaaawa, and Sacred Falls.

HB 1174    RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF LANDS           OMR/WLU,FIN
        Permits the Board of Land and Natural Resources to
        lease, or grant easements for use of submerged lands
        beneath tidal waters which are set aside by executive
        order of the Governor for commercial or recreational
        harbor purposes, without the requirement of prior
        approval by the Legislature by concurrent resolution.

 
 
 
HB 1291    RELATING TO FISHPOND RESTORATION           OMR/WLU,FIN
        Appropriates funds for fishpond restoration on the
        island of Molokai.

HB 1667    RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT        OMR/WLU,FIN
        Amends the coastal zone management law to require
        applicants for shoreline certification to mail copies
        of applications for certification, including proposed
        maps and photographs, to the county planning
        department and neighboring property owners.

Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources Only

HB 48      RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS                 OMR,FIN
        Requires the board of land and natural resources to
        formulate policies to initiate a system of community-
        based management for small boat harbors in the State
        and to determine which small boat harbors shall
        participate in that system.

HB 1173    RELATING TO BOATING ENFORCEMENT                OMR,JHA
        Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to
        delegate enforcement authority to other designated
        employees, in addition to conservation and resources
        enforcement officers, for the purpose of enforcement
        of boating and ocean recreation programs.

HB 1175    RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES           OMR,FIN
        Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to
        solicit proposals from private marina management firms
        to manage, operate, and improve the Ala Wai small boat
        harbor, and other small boat harbors and boating
        facilities under a negotiated long-term lease.
        Clarified leases may be issued for small boat harbors
        and other boating facility properties.  Removes the
        prohibition of commercial vessel activities within Ala
        Wai and Keehi small boat harbors.

HB 1177    RELATING TO ABANDON VESSELS                    OMR,JHA
        Allows private marinas and yacht clubs to take into
        custody and dispose of vessels abandoned on their
        premises.

HB 1178    RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT                        OMR,JHA
        Proposes procedures for the seizure, forfeiture, and
        disposal of natural resources involved in statutory
        violations.


 
 
 
 
 
HB 1180    RELATING TO THE LICENSE FOR IMPORTED MARINE LIFE
                                                       OMR,JHA
        Clarifies that the Department may limit the possession
        and sale of certain marine life taken from the
        Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

HB 1181    RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES                  OMR,FIN
        Clarifies and consolidates penalty provisions relating
        to aquatic resources.  Reclassifies illegal taking
        methods to a class C Felony.

HB 1182    RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES                  OMR,FIN
        Amends and repeals certain fishing laws subject to the
        adoption of administrative rules implementing or
        replacing them.

HB 1296    RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY                    OMR,JHA,FIN
        Gives the Department of Land and Natural Resources
        administrative flexibility when implementing the
        Kaneohe Bay Master Plan recommendations.

HB 1711    RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY                    OMR,JHA,FIN
        Requires any unpermitted pier in Kaneohe Bay existing
        in whatever form on the effective date of this section
        to be considered a nonconforming use, and allows the
        same to continue although the use does not conform to
        the laws relating to the management and disposition of
        public lands and the conservation district.

                 DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE
CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT.  TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE
HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT:  586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859
(NEIGHBOR ISLANDS).  WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE
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Rep. Romy M. Cachola, Chair       Rep. Roy M. Takumi, Chair
Committee on Water and Land Use   Committee on Ocean Recreation  
                                 and Marine Resources