STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2424

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3211

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 3211 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOATING FACILITIES AT KEEHI LAGOON,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to construct boat facilities at Keehi Lagoon.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Honolulu Marine, LLC; the Ocean Tourism Coalition; and three individuals.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony with their concerns.

     Your Committee finds that the appropriation of these funds is necessary to relocate boat repair facilities and for the plans and construction of the pier, bulkhead, and other boat facilities at Keehi Lagoon.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3211 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair