STAND. COM. REP. NO. 599

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1032

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1032 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) with flexibility to upgrade and improve state boating facilities. Specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires the Board to make certain findings prior to approving leases of state boat facilities (including the Ala Wai boat harbor) and allows the Board, if it makes the findings, to approve leases of state boat facilities without obtaining prior authorization from the Legislature;

(2) Allows the Board, under extraordinary circumstances necessitating a lease, to request authorization from the Legislature to approve a lease when the Board has not made the required findings; and

(3) Allows the Legislature to authorize, through a concurrent resolution, a lease for which the Board has not made findings.

Pūlama Lāna‘i submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Ocean Tourism Coalition, Activities & Attractions Association of Hawaii, and an individual submitted testimony in opposition to this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and two individuals offered comments on this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring prior authorization from the Legislature for approval of a lease of a state boating facility;

(2) Deleting the requirement that the Board make certain findings prior to the approval of a lease of a state boating facility; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1032, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1032, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair