REPORT TITLE:
Landowners' Liability


DESCRIPTION:
Redefines "land" to exclude land which is open to the public for
commercial purposes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
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.  Section 520-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "land" to read as follows:
 
 3      ""Land" means land, roads, water, water courses, private
 
 4 ways and building, structures, and machinery or equipment when
 
 5 attached to realty, other than land owned by the government[.] or
 
 6 open to the public for commercial purposes."
 
 7      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 8 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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11                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________