STAND. COM. REP. NO87

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 685

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.B. No. 685 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF VESSELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Raise the value of unauthorized vessels impounded by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) and abandoned and derelict vessels taken into custody of the Department that must be sold by public auction; and

(2) Provide the owner, operator, or recorded lien holder of abandoned and derelict vessels an opportunity for an administrative hearing to contest the basis for taking custody of the vessel prior to its disposition.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the Department.

Your Committee believes that this bill will reduce costs and staff time involved in the disposition of unauthorized, abandoned, and derelict vessels.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 685 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,

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EZRA KANOHO, Chair