STAND. COM. REP. NO.  59-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2374

      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. 2374 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSFERABILITY OF MOORING PERMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow a holder of a mooring permit within state small boat harbors to transfer the mooring permit to a new vessel owner upon appraisal by a state licensed surveyor and payment of a transfer fee of $100 per foot of vessel length.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in support of this measure.  Fair Wind Cruises and Hawaii Fishing and Boating Association provided testimony in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Creating a mooring permit task force to examine issues regarding the transfer of state small boat harbor permits;

     (2)  Blanking out the dollar amount of the transfer fee; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 2374, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2374, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair