STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1067

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 824

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 824, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOORING LINES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require commodities and manifested cargo requiring tug assistance to be manned by an existing, operational stevedoring company that is currently operating in the State.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific Hawaii Region and numerous individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Hawaiian Cement; Centerline Logistics; Island Energy Services; American Marine Corporation, Sause Bros., Inc.; and Aloha Marine Lines.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General; Par Hawaii; Aloha Petroleum, LLC; and Hawaii Gas.

Your Committee finds that requiring that mooring lines from vessels requiring tug assistance for certain harbor operations be secured by a stevedoring company that is currently operating in the State will help ensure that these operations are performed by workers who are familiar with Hawaii's unique harbors and will help keep crews safe.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Making substantive amendments to clarify the relationship between the purpose of the measure and the subject matter expressed in the measure's title, as recommended in written comments from the Department of the Attorney General;

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

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 S.B. No. 824, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 824, 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