STAND. COM. REP. NO.893
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 752
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 752, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to generate sufficient revenues to improve, support, and promote the operation, facilities, and management of state small boat harbors and other boating facilities by:
(1) Clarifying that leases issued for lands within small boat harbors and other state boating facilities may allow uses, other than maritime-related activities, that complement or support maritime uses within these facilities;
(2) Authorizing the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to lease fast lands within an existing state boat facility by public auction or by direct negotiation, for private development, management, and operation; and
(3) Requiring that lease revenues derived by the State be deposited into the Boating Special Fund.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Maritime Committee, Ocean Tourism Coalition, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and Paradise Cruise, Ltd., submitted testimony in support of the bill. Hawaii Thousand Friends and an individual opposed the bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that BLNR's direct leasing negotiations shall be pursuant to section 171-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 752, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 752, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair |
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