STAND. COM. REP. NO. 280-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2162

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. 2162 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSFERABILITY OF MOORING PERMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow persons possessing a mooring permit for a state small boat harbor to transfer the permit to a new vessel owner upon the sale of the mooring permittee's vessel, subject to certain requirements.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual.

Your Committee finds that, under existing law, a use permit, including a mooring permit, for a state small boat harbor issued by the Department of Land and Natural Resources is automatically terminated when transferred, either by itself or as part of the sale of a vessel. Your Committee further finds that mooring permits for state small boat harbors are issued by order of seniority according to wait lists maintained by the Department. This measure establishes a procedure to allow for the transfer of a mooring permit while ensuring a seller is not inflating the sale price of a vessel because of a mooring permit.

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. 2162, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2162, 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