STAND. COM. REP. NO. 759-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 3001
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
3001, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NONCOMMERCIAL PIERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease,
          by direct negotiation and without recourse to public
          auction, state submerged lands or lands beneath tidal
          waters for private residential noncommercial piers;

     (2)  Delete the requirement that leases for sunbathing and
          swimming piers on public lands be open to the public
          with signs indicating the public's right to use the
          pier; and

     (3)  Delete the requirement that easements or leases for
          noncommercial piers be approved by the Governor and the
          Legislature.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Protect Our
Shorelines Ohana, and several individuals testified in support of
this measure.  Comments were submitted by several individuals.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
3001, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3001, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair