STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1003

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1516

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1516, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT AND THE RELOCATION OF HONOLULU MARINE, INC. TO KEEHI SMALL BOAT HARBOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the smooth transition of the operations of Honolulu Marine, Inc., from its current ship repair facility on public lands at Kewalo Basin, to a new facility on undeveloped public lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) next to Keehi Small Boat Harbor prior to the expiration of its lease at the Kewalo Basin facility, by making an appropriation for:

 

(1)  Improvements to be made on the undeveloped public land;

 

(2)  Relocation of the ship repair facility to the new location at Keehi Small Boat Harbor; and

 

(3)  Entering into a long-term lease with Honolulu Marine, Inc., including a provision for the repayment of the improvement and relocation costs.

 


     Honolulu Marine, Inc., and the Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association testified in support of this bill.  DLNR opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Community Development Authority provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1516, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1516, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair