STAND. COM. REP. NO.  59-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2373

      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 Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2373 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIVEABOARD FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the current rate of the liveaboard fee for state small boat harbors and to clarify that the liveaboard fee may be increased or decreased by rule adopted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Blanking out the dollar amounts per foot of the vessel used to calculate the liveaboard fee;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2373, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2373, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair