STAND. COM. REP. NO.  67-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2347

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2347 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM TERM OF COMMERCIAL USE AND OPERATOR PERMITS FOR THRILL CRAFT AND PARASAILING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make the renewal process for permits to operate thrill crafts and parasailing businesses consistent with other types of recreational vessel permits by removing the 20-year limit on such permits.

     The Ocean Tourism Coalition, X-treme Parasail, Diamond Head Parasail, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Making the permits renewable annually, provided that the permit holders are in good standing;

(2)  Directing DLNR to offer a permit for public auction if a permit is revoked for failure to meet the conditions for renewal; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 2347, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2347, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair