Report Title:

Public Lands; Accretion

Description:

Amends definition of accreted lands to mean land formed by ocean wave action and not natural forces.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

463

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to public lands.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 171-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "accreted lands" to read as follows:

""Accreted lands" means lands formed by the gradual accumulation of land on a beach or shore along the ocean by the action of [natural forces.] ocean waves."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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