STAND. COM. REP. NO.  42-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2587

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2587 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "sailing school vessel" to include compliance with 46 Code of Federal Regulations 169, among existing requirements for size, ownership, and use.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Ocean Tourism Coalition testified in support of this measure.  One individual testified in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2587 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair