STAND. COM. REP. NO. 669

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 747

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 747, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit the operation of more than one parasail vessel at any given time in state waters per permit in a county with a population over seven hundred thousand.

 

     In addition, this measure limits the number of vessels that a thrill craft permit holder may operate for rent to six per permit.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from three individuals.  Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that although existing law allows a parasail permit holder to operate only one parasail vessel per permit, there have been reports that one operator has been getting around this vessel limit by keeping a second vessel standing by ready to operate as soon as the first vessel has completed flying its passengers.  Your Committee believes that this measure addresses that concern by prohibiting the operation of more than one parasail vessel in state waters per permit, regardless of whether both vessels are being actively operated for flying passengers.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting a savings clause;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 747, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 747, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair