CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 121

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    S.B. No. 1124

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1124, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO USE PERMITS FOR SMALL BOAT HARBORS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that in order to obtain a permit or permit renewal to moor a vessel in a state small boat harbor, the vessel owner shall:

     (1)  Provide a marine surveyor's inspection or a vessel inspection by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, no more than two years old, certifying that the vessel has been inspected and fulfills the requirements set by the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and

     (2)  Provide satisfactory proof that the person is at least eighteen years of age prior to obtaining a use permit or being placed on a waitlist for a use permit.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that a person should be at least eighteen years of age in order to be placed on the waitlist for a permit.  Your Committee on Conference further finds that a vessel inspection by the Department of Land and Natural Resources is sufficient in lieu of a marine surveyor's vessel inspection.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1124, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1124, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair	____________________________ LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair
____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN, Co-Chair