STAND. COM. REP. NO. 445

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1055

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1055 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Transportation to adopt rules relating to safety measures, security requirements, and activities in commercial harbors, land, and facilities belonging to or controlled by the State.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that the State has encountered situations wherein an individual or a group has conducted activities in the waters of commercial harbors, independent of vessel traffic, that threaten the security of harbors and the safety of bona fide harbor users.  This measure is intended to ensure the free, safe, and secure flow of commercial harbor traffic.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1055 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair