Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3044 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect public access to coastal, inland, and recreational areas by establishing penalties for any person obstructing access to the sea, the shoreline, or any inland recreational area, public right-of-way, transit area, or public transit corridor.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and a concerned citizen testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that protecting access to public coastal areas by discouraging residents from attempting to block public access will help preserve an important aspect of our island heritage.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3044 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.