STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1032-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2301
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
S.B. No. 2301, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the authority of the
Department of Transportation by granting it the powers and duties
to control and manage maritime lands.  This bill broadly defines
maritime land as any land required for commercial and industrial
activities that are dependent on being adjacent to the harbor.

     The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Young Brothers, Limited,
CSX Lines, and American Hawaii Cruises testified in support of
this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the
Sand Island Business Association opposed passage of this measure.
The City and County Department of Planning and Permitting and
Hawaii's Thousand Friends offered comments.

     According to certain testifiers, this bill seeks to ensure
that current and future land use for maritime purposes are
preserved.  The California Coastal Commission has instituted a
similar definition as a means to reserve and preserve lands
necessary for activities that cannot be accomplished elsewhere.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:


 
 
 
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     (1)  Specifying that maritime lands refer only to public
          lands;

     (2)  Inserting a definition for maritime lands and excluding
          the following lands from this definition:

          (a)  The Sand Island Business Association Industrial
               Lease Area;

          (b)  Lands managed by the Hawaii Community Development
               Authority; and

          (c)  State boating facilities under chapter 200, Hawaii
               Revised Statutes;

     (3)  Requiring that Piers 1 and 2 and its adjacent areas be
          limited to maritime use; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
          purpose of style.

     Your Committee strongly supports leaving Piers 1 and 2 as
well as necessary adjacent lands in that area in maritime use.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 2301, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2301, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair