STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2158

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3130

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 3130 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow a holder of a mooring permit within a state small boat harbor to transfer the mooring permit under certain terms and conditions.

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

Your Committee finds that no regular mooring permit issued by the Department of Land and Natural Resources for state small boat harbors and offshore mooring areas is transferrable unless the permittee also possesses a valid commercial use permit and transfers the mooring permit as part of the sale of a company. As a result of the difficult process, many applicants spend years on a waitlist for mooring permits, which leads to potential vessel buyers having no place to moor their vessels while they wait for an available permit. The long wait time leads to abandoned vessels, which are then impounded by the State for disposal. To prevent systemic issues related to long waitlist times and difficulties transferring mooring permits, this measure will allow a holder of a mooring permit within a state small boat harbor to transfer the mooring permit under certain terms and conditions.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3130, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3130, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair