STAND. COM. REP. NO. 705

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 795

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 795, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE SMALL BOAT HARBOR FEES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to change the criteria for calculating the state small boat harbor fees to be collected by the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Redline Rafting; Wailoa River and Reeds Bay Boating and Users Association, Inc.; and numerous individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that authorizing the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation to assess small boat moorage fees that are set at fair market value and have flexibility in assessing moorage fees for commercial small vessels will allow the Division to maximize its revenue generating potential and perform much-needed repairs and maintenance on small boat harbors and other boating facilities statewide.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 795, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 795, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair