STAND. COM. REP. 186
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 193
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 193 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDOWNERS' LIABILITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to enhance pest control efforts by limiting landowners' liability for persons on their property to control or eradicate invasive species.
The Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, testified in support of this bill. The Maui County Farm Bureau supported the intent of this measure. The Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii commented on this bill.
Your Committee believes this measure will improve the quality of our natural environment by encouraging landowners to allow others on their property to control pests without fear of liability.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting its provisions into a new chapter to avoid the confusion that could result from adding it to the chapter protecting landowners from liability for recreational use;
(2) Deleting references to "personnel or volunteers" of an eradication program because volunteers, government employees, and employees of non-profits may be involved in controlling and eradicating alien species; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for clarity and style.
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. 193, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 193, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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