Ukufuna ukuphucula ukhuseleko loluntu kulwandle oluphezulu, iSenator yesizwe yazisa umthetho oyilwayo ngolwesiHlanu oza kufuna ukuba iinqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa zisuka kumazibuko aseCalifornia zibe negosa loxolo.
Ukuba umlinganiselo uyadlula, iCalifornia inokuba neyona mithetho ingqongqo yelizwe kwishishini leebhiliyoni ezingama-35.7 zeedola, elithe laphantsi koqwalaselo lwengqungquthela kunye noluntu emva kweemeko ezininzi eziphakamileyo zabantu abalahlekileyo, abakhweli abangaphaya kwenqanawa kunye nokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
“Sinabakhweli bomoya kwiinqwelomoya ezinabakhweli abangamakhulu amabini, kodwa asinaye nabani na okhwele iinqanawe zohambo ngenqanawa oliphindaphinda kali-10 inani labakhweli,” utshilo uSen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), i umbhali webhili.
Amagosa oxolo, anemivuzo eya kuxhaswa ngemali yomkhweli we-1 ngosuku, aya kusebenza njengeenjineli zaselwandle ezinelayisensi yokubeka iliso ekuthotyelweni kwemithetho yendalo esingqongileyo etshatshelelwe nguSimitian.
Iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ziqesha amagosa azo okhuseleko, kodwa ngokwandayo, abenzi bomthetho kunye namagosa ogcino-mthetho bayabuza ukuba kwanele na. Iikomitana zeCongressional ziye zabamba iingxoxo malunga nendlela ishishini elizisingatha ngayo iziganeko ezinokuthi zibe zolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nezikhalazo kwizixeko zabo ezidadayo.
"Ebhodini ukhuseleko lusebenzela indlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa - hayi abakhweli kwaye hayi uluntu," utshilo uSimitian. "Kukho ungquzulwano lwendalo phakathi kweenjongo zobudlelwane boluntu bomqeshi kunye neemfuno zokhuseleko loluntu lomkhweli."
Amagosa oshishino agcina ukuba iinqanawa zawo zikhuselekile kwaye azichasile iinzame zamva nje zolawulo. Abakangeni ndawo kumthetho weSimitian.
“Asinakukwazi ukunika izimvo ngalo mthetho de sibe nethuba lokuwuphonononga,” utshilo u-Eric Ruff, isithethi seCruise Lines International Assn.
I-California ye-1.9-billion ye-cruise industry, enezibuko e-Long Beach, e-Los Angeles, e-San Francisco nase-San Diego, imele malunga ne-14% yohambo lwase-US. Lilonke, ngaphezu kwe-1.2 yezigidi zabakhweli bangena eCalifornia ngo-2006.
Umthetho oyilwayo weSimitian wakha kumthetho wangaphambili awubhalileyo uthintela iinqanawa ekutshiseni inkunkuma okanye ukulahla udaka lwelindle okanye inkunkuma eyingozi phakathi kweemayile ezintathu kunxweme lwelizwe. I-bill yamva nje imodelwa emva kwenkqubo ye-ocean ranger e-Alaska, apho abavoti bavuma inyathelo lokuvota elinzima ngo-2006 ukubeka injineli yokusingqongileyo enelayisensi ye-Coast Guard kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa.
"Injongo kukuba ne-ocean ranger kulo lonke unxweme lwaseNtshona, kuba iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zibuyela emva naphakathi kwamachweba," watsho uGershon Cohen we-Earth Island Institute, umbutho wolondolozo.
Kukho abagcini bolwandle “eAlaska, kodwa basenako ukulahla eCalifornia, Oregon naseBritish Columbia kwaye ngubani na oya kwazi?” Cohen wongeza. "Unomgaqo-nkqubo wokukhupha i-zero eCalifornia, kodwa awazi ukuba kukho nabani na oyenzayo kuba akukho mthetho kwaye akukho ndlela yokubeka esweni ukuthotyelwa."
UKendall Carver, umongameli kunye nomseki we-International Cruise Victims, iqela eliye lacela ukulawulwa kolu shishino, uthe umbutho wakhe uchulumancile lo mthetho uyilwayo. “Eli iya kuba linyathelo elikhulu ukuya phambili.”
Ukumanyelwa kweCongressional kukhuseleko lokuhamba ngenqanawa kuye kwanika ukukhanya kwinto yokuba abasebenzi beenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa abaqeqeshelwanga ukuphanda ubugebenga. Ngaphezu koko, iintsuku zinokudlula phakathi kokuba ulwaphulo-mthetho olukrokrelekayo lwenziwe ebhodini naxa inqanawa ifika kwizibuko kwaye uphando olusemthethweni lunokuqalisa. Ubungqina bunokungcoliswa, ukuba buqokelelwe kwaphela.
ULaurie Dishman, umhlali waseSacramento owaxela ukudlwengulwa kwinqanawa yaseRoyal Caribbean eya eCabo San Lucas, eMexico, esuka eLong Beach, wangqina phambi kweCongress yase-US kunyaka ophelileyo malunga nokucelwa ukuba aqokelele ubungqina bakhe.
“Iza kuba ngunyaka ngoku ndinike ubungqina phambi kweCongress,” utshilo uDishman kule veki.
"Ngexesha lonyaka, ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa alenzanga nto ukubonisa iCongress okanye nabani na kuthi amaxhoba ukuba bazakwenza utshintsho."
Kwimeko kaDishman, ngaphandle kwamanqaku okugruzuka entanyeni yakhe, akukho zityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho zafakwa kumtyholwa womhlaseli, unogada osebenzela inqanawa.
Igosa loxolo liya kuqinisekisa ukuba ulwaphulo-mthetho oluxeliweyo luphathwa ngokufanelekileyo ebhodini ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kwamagqwetha enqanawa okanye abanye abasebenzi abanomsebenzi wabo ophambili kukukhusela inkampani, utshilo uDishman.
“Le yindlela abantu abaza kuba nakho ukutshutshiswa ngolwaphulo-mthetho,” utshilo.
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