STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1135

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1090

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1090, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION COMMERCIAL PERMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Specify the methods by which the Department of Land and Natural Resources can issue new ocean recreation commercial permits and renew existing ocean recreation commercial permits; and

(2) Establish an Ocean Recreation Commercial Permits Working Group to examine alternate methods of issuing new ocean recreation commercial permits and renewing existing ocean recreation commercial permits.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Ocean Tourism Coalition, and Trilogy Excursions.

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 H.B. No. 1090, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair