STAND. COM. REP. NO.  796-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2917

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2917, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to allow:

     (1)  Vessels with a use permit for Kewalo Basin to moor at Honolulu Harbor:

          (A)  During inclement weather or ocean conditions that cause Kewalo Basin to be shut down;

          (B)  To unload the owner's or operator's catch of fish to a business operating within Honolulu Harbor; and

          (C)  To conduct other business within Honolulu Harbor;

          and

     (2)  Vessels with a use permit for Honolulu Harbor to access Kewalo Basin under certain conditions.

     The Ocean Tourism Coalition and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DOT commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments or clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2917, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2917, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair