Report Title:
Small Boat Harbors; Mooring Fees
Description:
Increases mooring fees by 50 percent on July 1, 2006, and by an additional 10 percent each subsequent July over the next four years. (HB1931 HD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1931 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to boating.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 200-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The permittee shall pay moorage fees to the department for the use permit that shall be based on, but not limited to, the use of the vessel, its effect on the harbor, use of facilities, and the cost of administering this mooring program; and, furthermore:
(1) Moorage fees shall be established by the department and shall be higher for nonresidents; provided that the fees in effect on January 1, 2006, shall be:
(A) Increased fifty per cent on July 1, 2006;
(B) Thereafter increased by ten per cent on July 1 of each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010; and
(C) Thereafter as established by administrative rule beginning July 1, 2010;
(2) An application fee shall be collected when applying for moorage in state small boat harbors and shall thereafter be collected annually when the application is renewed. The application fee shall be:
(A) Set by the department; and
(B) Not less than $100 for nonresidents;
(3) If a recreational vessel is used as a place of principal habitation, the permittee shall pay, in addition to the moorage fee, a liveaboard fee that shall be calculated at a rate of:
(A) $5.20 a foot of vessel length a month if the permittee is a state resident; and
(B) $7.80 a foot of vessel length a month if the permittee is a nonresident;
provided that the liveaboard fees established by this paragraph may be increased by the department at the rate of the annual cost-of-living index, but not more than five per cent in any one year, beginning January 1 of each year; and
(4) If a vessel is used for commercial purposes from its permitted mooring, the permittee shall pay, in lieu of the moorage and liveaboard fee, a fee based on three per cent of the gross revenues derived from the use of the vessel or two times the moorage fee assessed for a recreational vessel of the same size, whichever is greater."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ for fiscal year 2006-2007 for deposit into the boating special fund. The foregoing appropriation constitutes a legislative reimbursement of the moneys that were transferred from the boating special fund to the general fund in prior fiscal years.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.