STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2031

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2382

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2382 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 make an appropriation for pier improvements at Maalaea small boat harbor, Maui.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Ocean Tourism Coalition.

     Your Committee finds that the heavily-used Maalaea small boat harbor on Maui serves as a vital connection to recreational and commercial ocean activities and must be kept in good working condition.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2382 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair