STAND. COM. REP. NO.  366-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2588

      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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2588 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to assume control of and remove a vessel grounded on a coral reef or in danger of breaking up if the owner of the vessel cannot remove it within 24 hours of the grounding.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Ocean Tourism Coalition provided testimony in support of this measure with amendments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by allowing a vessel owner to remain as the primary agent for salvaging the vessel after 24 hours has passed if:

 

     (1)  The owner provides proof of having a marine insurance policy listing the State as an additional insured with coverage in an amount of at least $1,000,000; and

 

     (2)  The owner produces evidence showing that salvage efforts are already underway and that the vessel can be saved within a reasonable amount of time as approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style were also made.

 

     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. 2588, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2588, H.D. 1, 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