STAND. COM. REP. 221
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 886
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 886 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIABILITY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to limit the State's and the counties' liability for injury or death to any person arising from the use of any beach or hiking trail that is owned or controlled by the State or counties, unless the injury or death resulted from gross negligence or wilful and wanton misconduct on the part of the State or counties.
The Maui County Council (MCC), two individual members of MCC, the County of Kauai, and a concerned individual testified in support of the bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Parks and Recreation of the County of Hawaii supported the intent of the measure. The Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii opposed the bill.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Tourism and Culture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 886 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Tourism and Culture,
____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair |
____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair |
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