REPORT TITLE:
Liability; Gov't Landowner


DESCRIPTION:
Limits government landowner liability by amending definition of
"land" to include government owned lands.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2682
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO LANDOWNERS' LIABILITY.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to afford counties
 
 2 the same level of legal protection that is currently provided to
 
 3 private landowners when they allow public access for recreational
 
 4 purposes.
 
 5      SECTION 2.  Section 520-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 6 amended by amending the definition of "land" to read as follows:
 
 7      ""Land" means land, roads, water, water courses, private
 
 8 ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when
 
 9 attached to realty, [other than] including lands owned by the
 
10 government."
 
11      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________