STAND. COM. REP. NO.114

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 415

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 415 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to extend the preferences afforded to inter-island ferry services between the island of Maui and Molokai at small boat harbors to the islands of Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu. Currently, only Lahaina small boat harbor enjoys the preference, including the waiving of any applicable fees.

The Board of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony recommending that the measure should address only those small boat harbors that are capable of accommodating ferry service operations, and, therefore:

(1) All references to the islands of Hawaii, Lanai, and Oahu should be deleted from the bill; and

(2) The preferential consideration should be limited to Lahaina and Maalaea small boat harbor on the island of Maui.

Your Committee has amended the measure by incorporating the recommendations made by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 415, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 415, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair