STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1692

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 809
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources, to
which was referred S.B. No. 809, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOATING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow owners of commercial
catamarans having a commercial registration issued by the
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to transfer
ownership to a corporate entity and remain eligible to continue
operation at Waikiki Beach under a commercial registration issued
to the new corporate entity.

     Your Committee received testimony from DLNR in support of
the general intent of the bill.  Welakahao Catamarans Inc.,
BOATS/HAWAII Inc. and a concerned citizen testified in support of
the measure.

     DLNR recommended amending the language within the bill to be
consistent with existing language in Section 200-10(d), Hawaii
Revised Statues, pertaining to the change in ownership of
commercial vessels moored in small boat harbors. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adopting DLNR's recommendations for language
          clarification; and


 
 
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     (2)  Specifying that existing commercial registration
          certificates shall be reissued in a timely manner.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 809, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 809, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be placed on the
calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources,



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                                   Roy M. Takumi, Chair