STAND. COM. REP. NO. 467-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2641
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2641 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDOWNERS' LIABILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to limit government landowner
liability by amending the definition of "land" to include
government owned lands, including unimproved lands.

     The County Council of Maui and the County of Hawaii, Office
of the Corporation Counsel testified in support of this bill.

     The Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii (CLH) testified in opposition
to this bill.

     Your Committee finds that there is increasing demand from
the public for recreational access to government land, including
unimproved lands, which also increases the potential for
liability associated with recreational activity.

     Your Committee has revised this bill by including unimproved
lands within the definition of "lands" owned by the government.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 2641, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second

 
 
 
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Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2641, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair