STAND. COM. REP. NO.  520

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 931

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 931 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to address the problems of:

     (1)  Numerous vessels moored within small boat harbor                   facilities that rarely leave the harbor confines and               offshore mooring areas; and

     (2)  Derelict vessels occupying space in small boat harbors,

by defining the term "regularly navigated."

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Ocean Tourism Coalition testified in support of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.  A concerned citizen offered 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. 931 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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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair