STAND. COM. REP. NO.  177-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1733

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1733 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO USE PERMITS FOR SMALL BOAT FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the laws relating to commercial permits for small boat harbors by authorizing:

 

     (1)  Commercial permit holders for small boat harbors to submit permit renewal applications early and be informed of any reasons for a nonrenewal prior to the expiration of the commercial permit; and

 

     (2)  A thirty-day grace period for persons who fail to timely file a commercial permit renewal application.

 

     Maui Dive Shop, Fair Wind Cruises, Trilogy Corporation, Atlantis Adventures, Quicksilver Charters, Ocean Tourism Coalition, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1733, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1733, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair