STAND. COM. REP. NO. 992

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1173
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1173, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Board of
Land and Natural Resources to delegate enforcement authority of
boating and ocean recreation programs to officers and employees
of the division of boating recreation, in addition to the
division of conservation and resources enforcement officers
(DOCARE).

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and
BOATS/Hawaii Inc.  The HGEA-AFSCME, Local 152, AFL-CIO submitted
comments.

     Your Committee finds that delegation of limited enforcement
authority to harbor agents and other selected employees will
permit enforcement of minor infractions at the time they occur.
Presently, boating personnel must wait for DOCARE officers to
respond to enforcement requests.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing the
term "officers and employees" with "harbor agents and
recreational harbor managers" to address a concern that the
original designation was overly broad.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1173, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1173, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



                                   ______________________________
                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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