STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2646

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2836

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2836 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to modify the definition of the term "public recreational area", and the offense of obstructing public access to public property in relation to the public's right of access to coastal and inland recreational areas.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Rifle Association, Windward Ahupua‘a Alliance, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Livable Hawaii Kai Hui, and nine individuals.

     Your Committee recognizes the importance of ensuring that the public is able to access shoreline and inland recreational areas.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the effective date to July 1, 2050; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2836, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair