STAND. COM. REP. NO.  74

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 930

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 930 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VESSELS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to relieve the financial burden on the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) caused by unauthorized vessels in state harbors by:

     (1)  Requiring that all costs and expenses associated with the impoundment of an unauthorized vessel by DLNR be borne by the vessel owner; and

     (2)  Clarifying that no vessel registration shall be renewed or transferred unless the vessel owner is in compliance with all of DLNR's rules and has paid all fees owed to DLNR.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 930 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair