STAND. COM. REP. NO. 266-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 3001
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources, to
which was referred H.B. No. 3001 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NONCOMMERCIAL PIERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable the Department of Land
and Natural Resources (DLNR) to bring private residential
noncommercial piers on state submerged lands or lands beneath
tidal waters into conformance with State laws.  This bill also
seeks to ensure appropriate revenue generation for beneficiaries
of the Public Land Trust.

     The DLNR, Protect Our Shoreline Ohana, and several concerned
individuals testified in support of this bill.  Windward
Watersports Center, Hawaiian Island Jet Sport Association, and
several concerned individuals testified in opposition of this
bill.

     This bill allows the direct negotiation of State submerged
lands for private residential noncommercial piers.  Presently,
any long-term lease for this purpose must be issued via public
auction which is illogical since the only bidder with the ability
to construct the pier is the abutting private landowner.  This
bill also deletes the requirement that leases for sunbathing and
swimming piers on public lands be open to the public and have
signs indicating the public's right to use the pier.  Finally,
this bill also deletes the requirement that easements or leases

 
 
 
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for noncommercial piers be approved by the Governor and the
Legislature, thereby streamlining the approval process.  

     Your Committee has amended this bill by repealing the
provisions of this measure on June 20, 2005. 

     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 H.B. No. 3001, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 3001, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee
on Finance.

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



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                                   ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair