STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2781

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2156

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2156, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct maintenance dredging at state boat harbors, boat launch ramp facilities, and other state boating facilities and waterways, including design, permitting, and dredging work, as identified by the Department.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Agribusiness Development Corporation, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that there are numerous facilities around the State that require regular maintenance dredging. The estimated average cost of each maintenance dredging project is approximately $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. Your Committee further finds that appropriating sufficient moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources will help the Department complete necessary maintenance dredging projects each year

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $3,000,000 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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 S.B. No. 2156, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2156, 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