STAND. COM. REP. NO. 657

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1089

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1089 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A STATE BOATING FACILITY LEASE PILOT PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a State Boating Facility Lease Pilot Program to be implemented and managed by the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation to allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease one small boat harbor in its entirety by public auction, request for proposals, or direct negotiation, for private development, management, and operation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Trilogy Excursions.

Your Committee finds that this measure would give the Department of Land and Natural Resources the flexibility and capability to adapt business operations in a timely manner based on rapidly changing market conditions.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Codifying the State Boating Facility Lease Pilot Program;

(2) Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

Your Committee respectfully requests that your Committee on Finance, should it choose to deliberate on this measure, consider the concerns raised by testifiers about this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1089, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1089, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair