STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1276

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 208

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 208 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO LEASE CERTAIN SUBMERGED LANDS AT MANELE BAY TO COON BROTHERS INC. FOR RENOVATION OF THE SMALL BOAT HARBOR FACILITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide prior legislative authorization as required by section 171-53(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the lease of submerged lands at Manele Small Boat Harbor on Lanai to Coon Brothers, Inc., for the purpose of repair and maintenance of a pier and loading dock.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Coon Brothers, Inc.; and several individuals.

     Your Committees note that one of its members raised questions about the statutory requirements for authorization of a lease of submerged lands.  Your Committees find that this measure satisfies those requirements.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 208 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair