STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2033

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     H.B. No. 1033

        H.D. 2

        S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1033, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MANDATORY VESSEL INSURANCE COVERAGE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make vessel insurance mandatory in the State.

 

More specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Requires certain vessel owners to obtain vessel insurance;

 

     (2)  Specifies the type and amount of vessel insurance;

 

(3)  Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to grant exemptions to the vessel insurance requirements for transient vessels; and

 

(4)  Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules regarding mandatory vessel insurance.

 

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Calypso Charters, and Ocean Tourism Coalition.

 

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Hawaii Tropical Fish Association.

 

     Your Committee finds that requiring the owners of all vessels operating in or on the waters of the State to obtain insurance will significantly reduce future expenditures of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to remove grounded and sunken vessels.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1033, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1033, H.D. 2, 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