STAND. COM. REP. NO.  67-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2589

      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. 2589 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VESSELS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is only responsible for disposing of vessels abandoned on lands and waters under its jurisdiction and that other state and county agencies are responsible for disposing of vessels abandoned on lands under their own jurisdiction.  Furthermore, this measure amends the definition of an abandoned vessel and extends the authority to sell or dispose of a vessel abandoned on specified private property to the owners of other private property.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Ocean Tourism Coalition testified in support of this measure.  The Division of Motor Vehicles, Licensing and Permits of the City and County of Honolulu testified in opposition to 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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2589, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2589, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair