STAND. COM. REP. NO.  705

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 Finance, 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 clarify the purpose and use of the State's small boat harbors by adding a definition for "regularly navigated" under Chapter 200, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Ocean Recreation and Coastal Areas Programs, to require vessels that are moored within small boat harbors or in offshore mooring areas to be moved under their own power at least once per ninety days.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Ocean Tourism Coalition, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  Numerous concerned individuals opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance 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 Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair