STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2492

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2849

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2849 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the definition of "sailing school vessel" under chapter 200, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to align with federal regulations.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that this measure aligns the definition of "sailing school vessel" with the federal regulations that governs sailing school vessels.  As a result, this measure ensures the legitimacy of sailing school vessels operating in Hawaii by meeting federal requirements.

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2849, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2849, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair