STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2169

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2900

       S.D. 1

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. 2900 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Clarify that the Board of Land and Natural Resources may lease all fast lands and submerged lands within any existing state boating facility without prior authorization of the Legislature by concurrent resolution as existing law requires pursuant to section 171‑53, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

     (2)  Repeal a reference to section 200-2.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, within section 200-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify the means by which the Board of Land and Natural Resources may lease fast lands and submerged lands within an existing boat facility.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Ocean Tourism Coalition, Lahaina Divers, Quiksilver Charters, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources operates and manages twenty-one harbors, which include underdeveloped areas and facilities in need of maintenance and repair.  Your Committee acknowledges the opposition to this measure, but because this is an important administrative measure to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, your Committee recommends passage of this measure on Second Reading to facilitate further discussion.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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. 2900, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2900, S.D. 1, 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