SB1280 SD1

Report Title:

Small Boat Harbors

 

Description:

Requires an investigation by the Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee of the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation. (SD1)

 

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1280
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. (a) The senate committee on economic development and technology shall conduct an investigation of the department of land and natural resources, division of boating and ocean recreation to follow up on the recommendations of the state auditor in the following reports:

(1) Study of the Financing of the Small-Boat Harbors and Boat Ramps Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Report No. 93-24;

(2) Study of the Financing of the Small Boat Harbors and Boat Ramps Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Report No. 95-11;

(3) Audit of the Management of Small Boat Harbors and Boat Ramps, Report No. 98-11; and

(4) Audit of the Management of State Boating Facilities by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Report No. 01-09.

(b) The senate committee on economic development and technology shall conduct the investigation with the following goals and objectives:

(1) Establish a working relationship between the senate economic development and technology committee and the board of land and natural resources;

(2) Review the administrative management of the department of land and natural resources on productivity and efficiency;

(3) Hold public hearings to facilitate the investigation;

(4) Review the pending and resolved lawsuits against the division of boating and ocean recreation; and

(5) Review the revenue resources for small boat harbors.

SECTION 2. The senate committee on economic development and technology shall compile its findings and recommendations based on the investigation in a report to be submitted to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the 2003 regular session.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.