STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1191

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 425
                                     S.D. 3
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and
Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 425, S.D. 3,
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend various fees charged by
state agencies for governmental services by:

     (1)  Establishing the license and duplicate license fees for
          freshwater game fishing at $5;

     (2)  Establishing moorage fees;

     (3)  Establishing fees for after-school and weekend
          programs;

     (4)  Requiring that one-half of the financial support for
          adult and community education programs shall come from
          students and the other half shall come from public
          funds; and

     (5)  Allowing towing companies to collect $25 for road
          clean-ups they perform if there is an agreement with
          the county.

 
 
 
 
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     Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by the
Hawaii State Towing Association.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs submitted
amendments relating to the towing provisions of the bill.  The
State Attorney General's Office offered amendments to allow
departments to use the administrative rulemaking process to
change fees set by statute.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed the
provisions relating to freshwater fishing licenses and mooring
fees for boating facilities.  

     The Superintendent of Education submitted testimony in
opposition to the adult and community education provision of the
bill.  The Department of the Corporation Counsel, City and County
of Honolulu, expressed concerns over the same provision.

     Your Committees have amended provisions within this bill
relating only to OMR and TRN jurisdictions.  The amendments
include:

     (1)  Deleting the provision concerning licenses for
          freshwater game fishing;

     (2)  Deleting the provision concerning moorage fees;

     (3)  Reducing the amount that towing companies may collect
          for clean-up from $25 to $15;

     (4)  Clarifying certain issues relating to collateral
          charges;

     (5)  Deleting the provision amending Act 138, Session Laws
          of Hawaii 1998; and

     (6)  Inserting language which allows departments to use the
          administrative rulemaking process to change fees set by
          statute.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and
Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees
are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 425, S.D.
3, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading
in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 425, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Education.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources and
                                   Transportation,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair           ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair