STAND. COM. REP. NO.855

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 685

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 685 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF VESSELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Raise the appraised value from under $250 to under $5,000, of vessels which when impounded or taken into custody by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) may be disposed of by DLNR by sale, by conversion to DLNR or other government agency property, or as junk; and

(2) Provide the owner, operator, or recorded lien holder of abandoned and derelict vessels an opportunity for an administrative hearing limited to contesting the basis of the vessel's impoundment.

DLNR submitted testimony is support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes clarity, consistency, and style.

 

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. 685, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 685, H.D. 1.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair