Report Title:

Shoreline; Public Access; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the office of planning, coastal zone management program, to survey and map all existing public access ways to shoreline areas and nearby public parking areas. Effective 07/01/2020. (SD1)

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

839

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the courts of this state and the legislature have consistently supported and ensured the rights of the public to access the shoreline and inland mountain areas of the state for recreational and cultural purposes.  One factor that has led to denial of public access to certain shoreline and inland areas is the proliferation of private communities with gates, guard stations, and private roadways.  Another factor that contributes to the lack of public access, especially to beaches, is the lack of parking areas for access to the shoreline.

     The legislature believes that a critical step in solving this issue is to definitively locate all existing public access ways to the shorelines throughout the state and available parking near public access ways.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide funding to survey and map all existing public access ways to shorelines throughout the state and available parking near public access ways.

     SECTION 2.  The state office of planning, coastal zone management program and the counties shall work together to conduct a survey to develop an accurate, up-to-date and uniform mapping of all existing public access ways to shoreline areas and nearby parking areas.

     SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 to survey and map all existing public access ways to shoreline areas throughout the State and available parking near public access ways.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of planning, coastal zone management program for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.