STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1589-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2150

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOATING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide financial support for the repair and maintenance of the State's small boat harbors by:

(1) Requiring 50 percent of the general excise tax revenue received from commercial permittees in small boat harbors to be credited to the Boating Special Fund; and

(2) Prohibiting the transfer of small boat harbors to the counties except as provided by statute.

The Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association, Ocean Tourism Coalition, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Taxation and Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.

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 S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 1, 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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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair