STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2445

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2906

       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 Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2906 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THRILL CRAFT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules for the operation of thrill craft to conduct ocean cleanup activities.

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

     Your Committee finds that thrill craft are being used by lifeguards, fire departments, and state agencies due to their ability to operate in shallow water with no threat to natural resources.  With this advanced technology, your Committee finds that thrill craft have become a valuable tool when dealing with issues in nearshore waters.  This measure would allow thrill craft to be used for timely ocean cleanup of pollution in our nearshore waters.

     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 Water, Land, and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2906, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2906, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Housing,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair