HI HB1412

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to accommodate mooring of native Hawaiian canoes owned by nonprofit entities and used for educational purposes in small boat harbors

Committees amended the bill by removing the phrase "insofar as practicable" to ensure greater availability of moorings rather than limiting them based on practicality

Aims to preserve and perpetuate traditional native Hawaiian canoe practices and culture through educational nonprofit operations

Addresses the practical necessity of mooring facilities for nonprofits operating native Hawaiian canoes for educational purposes

Recommended for passage in the Senate with amendments (S.D. 1) and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means