STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2767

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3077

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3077 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MAALAEA SMALL BOAT HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for a capital improvement project at Maalaea Small Boat Harbor to demolish existing wooden finger piers and steel piles along the south mole at the harbor and replace them with new aluminum framed piers and new composite plastic fingering.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Mayor of Maui County and two Maui County Council Members.  Written comments were received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that because Maui County is a three-island county, small boat harbors on Maui, such as the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor, serve as critical connections between the islands of Lanai, Maui, and Molokai.  Your Committee further finds, therefore, that proper maintenance of the heavily-used Maalaea Small Boat Harbor is vital to ensure continued access to the harbor for residents, visitors, and commercial operators.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

     (2)  Changing the effective date from July 1, 2014 to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

     (3)  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 Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3077, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3077, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair