STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3548

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2419

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2419, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create a strategic plan for the maintenance dredging of small boat harbors, channels, ramps, and other port infrastructure.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii and Ocean Tourism Coalition.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that routine, maintenance dredging of small boat harbors and related infrastructure in the State will help to maintain those waterways and ensure that they are accessible and safe for marine vessels.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion on this matter; and

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

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 H.B. No. 2419, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2419, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair