STAND. COM. REP. NO.  696-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2587

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2587 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "sailing school vessel" to include compliance with title 46 Code of Federal Regulations part 169, among existing requirements for size, ownership, and use.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2587, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2587, H.D. 1.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair