Bill Text: HI SB1161 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Impounded Vessels; Vessel Registration
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-18 - Act 121, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). [SB1161 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB1161-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 797
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1161
S.D. 1
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1161, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VESSELS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the costs associated with the impoundment and disposal of an unauthorized vessel to be borne by the owner of the vessel and to prohibit renewal or transfer of vessel registration under certain circumstances.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Your Committee finds that under current law, the costs of mooring and impounding an unauthorized vessel are borne by the Department of Land and Natural Resources when the owner does not repossess the vessel prior to disposition. In addition, current law allows for the renewal or transfer of vessel registration even if, for example, the vessel owner has an outstanding balance owed to the Department of Land and Natural Resources or pending citations. This measure will place the financial burden of improper mooring and other delinquencies on the vessel owner.
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. 1161, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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