STAND. COM. REP. NO. 64

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 419

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 419 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOATING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Support the state boating program; and

(2) Address deteriorating state boating facilities,

by allocating ten percent of the general excise tax revenues received from the direct revenues generated by the ocean recreation industry to the Boating Special Fund.

The Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association and a concerned citizen submitted testimony in support of this bill. A concerned individual offered testimony in support of this measure with amendments. The Department of Taxation and Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance does not support this measure.

After considering the fiscal implications of this measure, your Committee has amended this bill by changing the allocation from ten percent to an unspecified percentage for further consideration by your Committee on Finance.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 419, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 419, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair