STAND. COM. REP. NO.  680

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1141

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1141 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THRILL CRAFT OPERATION,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize government personnel conducting operations approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and film permit holders involved in film production conducting operations approved by DLNR to operate thrill crafts in non-designated areas.

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, DLNR, Honolulu Film Office, Hawaii Film and Entertainment Board, Prickett Films, LLC, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  Several concerned individuals opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committees note that the impact of this measure should be assessed in the future and that thrill craft used by the film industry should be assessed the same fees as boats and other vessels.

 

     Accordingly, your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Repealing the provisions of this measure in two years; and

 

     (2)  Clarifying that thrill craft used in film production under this measure be assessed the same fees that apply to vessels.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1141, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1141, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

 

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JOEY MANAHAN, Chair