STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1609

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1161

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1161, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VESSELS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to relieve the Department of Land and Natural Resources of costs associated with improper mooring and other delinquencies of ocean vessel owners by:

 

     (1)  Authorizing court to issue an income withholding order for payment of fines imposed upon a vessel owner for violation of laws regarding abandoned vessels and establishing procedures for the execution of orders;

 

     (2)  Clarifying that all costs and expenses associated with the impoundment and disposal of an unauthorized vessel by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall be borne by the vessel owner; and

 

     (3)  Clarifying circumstances when vessel registration shall not be renewed or transferred for nonpayment of fees, violation of rules, or abandonment of the vessel.  


     The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments on the measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 1161, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1161, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair