STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1215

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 160
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
160 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY IMMUNITY
     FROM LIABILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to repeal the sunset date for state and county immunity from
liability at public beach parks.

     Your Committee finds that the Task Force on Beach and Water
Safety has been effective in advising the Chairperson of the
Board of Land and Natural Resources on the design and placement
of signs warning of extremely dangerous natural conditions in the
ocean off state or county beach parks.  Your Committee further
finds that the Task Force should be afforded additional time to
complete its work on the development of signs and a comprehensive
plan for warning of dangerous natural conditions in the ocean off
public beach parks.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Board of Land and Natural Resources, the Office of the Mayor of
the County of Maui, the Department of Corporation Counsel for the
City and County of Honolulu, the County Council of Maui, the
Hawaii State Association of Counties, the Emergency Services
Department of the City and County of Honolulu, and Consumer
Lawyers of Hawaii.


 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by reinstating the sunset provision and extending the
sunset date to June 30, 2001.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
160, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 160, S.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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