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HI SCR225
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/10/2023
Primary Sponsor
Angus McKelvey
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AI Summary
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Requests the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation to amend Title 13, Chapter 241, Hawaii Administrative Rules to require all vessels needing insurance to provide proof of insurance at least annually.
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Notes that since 2002, the state has spent approximately $2.37 million from the Boating Special Fund to address grounded, derelict, and abandoned vessels.
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References Act 94 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2019), which required certain vessel owners to obtain vessel insurance to shift the financial burden from the state to vessel owners.
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Identifies that DOBOR currently requires proof of insurance during vessel registration, renewal, transfer, and upon request by enforcement officers, but this process is not formally adopted in administrative rules.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution to be sent to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation Administrator.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources' Division Of Boating And Ocean Recreation To Amend Title 13, Chapter 241, Hawaii Administrative Rules, To Expressly Require That All Vessels Required To Obtain Insurance In The State Regularly Provide Proof Of Insurance At Least On An Annual Basis.
Department of Land and Natural Resources
Last Action
The committee on WTL deferred the measure.
3/29/2023