STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2835

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3377

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3377, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON BEACHES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit any person from presetting commercial beach equipment on beaches encumbered with easements in favor of the public unless the customer is present.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Aloha Beach Services Waikiki.

Your Committee finds that Hawai‘i's beaches and coastal areas should be accessible to all members of the public who wish to use them. In some areas of the State, beach access is frequently blocked by unrented commercial beach equipment, such as beach chairs and umbrellas. This measure will prohibit the presetting of commercial beach equipment on public beaches unless the customer is present so that people may have greater access to the State's beaches.

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 S.B. No. 3377, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair