STAND. COM. REP. NO.  211

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 485

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 485 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prepare for emergencies that may affect small boat harbors by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop individual emergency response plans for natural and non-natural emergencies for each small boat harbor under the Department's jurisdiction.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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. 485, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 485, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair