STAND. COM. REP. 1328
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 42
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 42, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATERCRAFT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require certain vessels to be equipped with a properly functioning Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) or VHF-FM radio.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, the Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association, and the Hawaii Ocean Safety Team testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee finds it reasonable to require those who enjoy Hawaii's ocean resources for recreational purposes to take reasonable steps to enable rescuers to find them in the event that they become lost at sea.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the new civil fine imposed in subsection (b) for violation of the new section is in lieu of rather than in addition to the penalties set forth in section 200-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(2) Deleting a mention of "watercraft" in a phrase about a "vessel or watercraft" as redundant because "vessel" as defined in section 200-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, includes watercraft; and
(3) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 42, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 42, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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