STAND. COM. REP. NO. 184

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 42
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.B. No. 42 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY
     IMMUNITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make the Task Force on
Beach and Water Safety (Task Force) a permanent entity.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Mayor of Maui, a
member of the Maui County Council, the Department of Corporation
Counsel of the City and County of Honolulu, the Emergency
Services Department of the City and County of Honolulu, and the
Office of the Kauai County Attorney.

     A representative of the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii testified
that rather than making the Task Force permanent, the Legislature
should extend the repeal date for two more years.

     Your Committee finds that the Task Force on Beach and Water
Safety is an entity that is administratively attached to the
Department of Land and Natural Resources and is charged with the
responsibility of advising the Chairperson of Land and Natural
Resources on the design and placement of signs that warn people
of dangerous natural conditions at state and county beach and
coastal areas.


 
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     Your Committee has amended the measure by reinstating the
sunset provision and extending the date to June 30, 2001.

     Your Committee believes that extending the life of the Task
Force for another two years is a more prudent approach to
assessing the need for a Task Force on Beach and Water Safety.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 42, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 42,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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