STAND. COM. REP. NO.  397-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1654

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1654 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fee schedules for parking fees for locations under management of, or operated by, the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation through regular or special board meetings rather than through administrative rulemaking.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that amending fees schedules for parking fees through administrative rulemaking can be a lengthy and time-consuming process.  This measure allows the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation to react in a timely manner to changing market conditions and unforeseen circumstances.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; 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 Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1654, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1654, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair