STAND. COM. REP. NO.  251-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2582

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. 2582 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VESSELS AT ALA WAI AND KEEHI BOAT HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow limited moorage for commercial vessels at the Ala Wai and Keehi Boat Harbors.  The liveaboard fee is adjusted for recreational vessels and replaces the moorage fee.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  Numerous concerned individuals opposed this measure.  Several concerned individuals provided comments.

     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. 2582 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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