CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 141-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

RE:    H.B. No. 2583

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2583, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPOUNDED VESSELS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:

(1)  Establish civil penalties for shark feeding, including impoundment and forfeiture of any commercial marine vessel and imposition of administrative fines, fees, and costs; and

(2)  Provide that the owner of a vessel that is moored without authorization and not removed within the specified time period is responsible for all costs of impoundment and disposal of the vessel incurred by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and for any mooring fees due.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2583, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2583, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair
____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair	____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair
	____________________________ SHARON E. HAR, Co-Chair