STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2713

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2462

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2462, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to transfer the operation, administration, management, and maintenance of Honokohau small boat harbor to a public-private partnership or a private organization.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii Fishing and Boating Association, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, and one individual.

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted written comments on the measure.

     Your Committee finds that Honokohau small boat harbor is an important piece of Hawaii County's economy.  The harbor is one of the largest and busiest small boat harbors in the State, with two hundred sixty-two moorings.  Despite its size and activity, Honokohau small boat harbor is unfinished and requires significant maintenance and infrastructure construction.  Your Committee believes that authorizing the transfer of Honokohau small boat harbor to a public-private partnership or private organization will allow those with the greatest interest in the harbor to maximize the small boat harbor's potential and use.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2462, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2462, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair