STAND. COM. REP. NO.  323

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1083

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. 1083 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) in using its fiscal resources more efficiently and effectively by:

     (1)  Stipulating that an owner of an unauthorized vessel that is impounded by DLNR is solely responsible for all costs of the impoundment and disposal of the vessel;

     (2)  Requiring that any proceeds resulting from the impoundment of the unauthorized vessel first be used to pay the costs of impoundment and disposal and then to pay any mooring fees that may be due; and

     (3)  Specifying that, when the proceeds resulting from the impoundment are inadequate to pay for all costs due including mooring fees, the owner of the vessel shall remain liable for the outstanding costs and fees.

     DLNR testified in support of this bill.

     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. 1083 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