Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1276, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to enter into indemnity and defense agreements to protect landowners and persons associated with landowners from loss of property and damage claims resulting from public access.

DLNR testified in support of the bill. The Hawaii Association of Realtors testified in support of the intent of the bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will remove impediments currently in place that prevent the public from accessing areas like the Ewa Forest Reserve and Poamoho trail.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion on the measure.

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. 1276, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1276, H.D. 2.