Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 1280 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require temporary moorage not to exceed three hours to be designated at each small boat harbor for use by commercial fishing operators for loading and unloading.

Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure from an individual. Your Committee received testimony opposing this measure from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Paradise Cruise, Ltd., Trilogy Excursions, Savealawai Coalition, Aqua Lung, and various other individuals. The testimony received requests your Committee to conduct an investigation on small boat harbors management.

Your Committee finds that the core problem is the overall management of small boat harbors that previous State audits have attested to.

Therefore, your Committee has amended this measure by replacing the amendment to chapter 200, Hawaii Revised Statutes, with provisions requiring the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technology to investigate the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation regarding small boat harbors management, and to report its findings to the legislature.

Your Committee reiterates that under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Board of Land and Natural Resources is required to conduct statewide hearings on any fee increases or other policy changes that could detrimentally affect the public. Such hearings must have official agendas and minutes for public record-keeping purposes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1280, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1280, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.