STAND. COM. REP. NO.  764-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2235

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2235, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to transfer the operation, administration, management, and maintenance of Honokohau Small Boat Harbor to a community-based board of Hawaii County, a public-private partnership, or a private organization; and

     (2)  Appropriate funds for repairs and maintenance of the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor.

The Aha Moku Advisory Committee, County of Hawaii Office of the Mayor, Hawaii Fishing and Boating Association, Ocean Tourism Coalition, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, and many individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, and AFL-CIO, and a few individuals provided testimony in opposition.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and an individual provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2235, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair