HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2587
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 200-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "sailing school vessel" to read:

     ""Sailing school vessel" means a vessel:

     (1)  Less than five hundred gross tons, carrying six or more individuals who are sailing school students or sailing school instructors principally equipped for propulsion by sail even if the vessel has an auxiliary means of propulsion; [and]

     (2)  Owned or leased by a corporation, association, organization, or other duly chartered entity determined under the Internal Revenue Code to be exempt from the federal income tax and operated for the purpose of providing sailing instruction and therapeutic, educational, recreational, vocational, or family counseling services to emotionally disturbed youth or to youth sentenced by the family court to a rehabilitative sailing program and their families[.]; and

(3) That is in compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 46, Part 169 – SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Sailing School Vessels

Description:

Amends the definition of "sailing school vessel" to mean, among other things, a vessel that is in compliance with the Federal Code of Regulations, Title 46, Part 169.

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