STAND. COM. REP. NO. 133

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 289

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 289 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds for construction of a new ferry pier at the Lahaina small boat harbor.

     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 Lahaina small boat harbor is the busiest small boat harbor in Hawaii, and a new ferry pier is necessary to efficiently and safely support the high volume of use and to alleviate existing congestion at the public loading dock.  Furthermore, the project is shovel-ready and eligible for $12,500,000 in matching federal funds.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 289, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 289, 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 and Land,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair