STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2160

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1257

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1257, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO USE PERMITS FOR SMALL BOAT HARBOR FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the amounts of moorage and liveaboard fees for state small boat harbor facilities and the manner in which the fees are applied. Specifically, this measure:

(1) Equalizes moorage and application fees charged to residents and non-residents;

(2) Applies liveaboard fees to commercial vessels that are used as a primary place of residence; and

(3) Changes the assessment method for liveaboard fees to appraised fair market value for commercial vessels and specifies that the Department may annually increase recreational vessel liveaboard fees by fifty percent.

Wailoa River and Reeds Bay Boating Association, HawaiiOceanNews.Com, and several individuals opposed this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Ocean Tourism Coalition provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Repealing the provision which required the Department of Land and Natural Resources to increase liveaboard fees at the rate of the annual cost of living index; and

(2) Changing its effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1257, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1257, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair