STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2931

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2367

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2367, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve access to the shoreline from the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and optimize the management and use of the harbor by permitting an alternative management option for harbor operation.

More specifically, this measure

(1) Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and improve shoreline access from and to the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and surrounding areas; and

(2) Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease certain portions of the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from THE MARITIME GROUP; Hawaii Government Employees Association; Scouting America, Aloha Council; and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources necessarily devotes disproportionate staff and resources to the operation and management of small boat harbors. Alternative management options for small boat harbors will free up department staff and resources to address other department duties, such as administration of the Ocean Recreation Management Program. This measure seeks to improve the use and conditions in and around the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor by authorizing alternative management options and improving shoreline access.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Reinserting the amendments to section 200-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete the reference to section 200-2.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, repealed by this measure;

(2) Deleting the appropriation made by this measure; and

(3) Changing the effective date so that the measure takes effect upon its approval.

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. 2367, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2367, 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