STAND. COM. REP. NO.  700

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1165

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1165 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Director of Transportation to adopt rules necessary for the proper regulation and control of traffic and other related activities, and to establish safety measures and security requirements in or about commercial harbors, land, and facilities belonging to or controlled by the State.

     The Department of Transportation testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1165 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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KEN ITO, Chair