REPORT TITLE:
Liability; Gov't Landowner


DESCRIPTION:
Limits government landowner liability by amending definition of
"land" to include government owned and unimproved lands.  (HB2641
HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        2641
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
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, privateways
 
 4 and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when
 
 5 attached to realty, [other than] including unimproved lands owned
 
 6 by the government."  Unimproved lands owned by the government is
 
 7 defined as undeveloped forest reserves, natural area reserves,
 
 8 wilderness parks, wildlife sanctuaries and other government lands
 
 9 that are in their natural state and used for open recreational
 
10 purposes.  This definition excludes:  (1) any beaches currently
 
11 covered under Act 190, SLH 1996, as amended, and (2) specific
 
12 locations and immediate surrounding areas around structures,
 
13 buildings, or related built facilities."
 
14      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
15 New statutory material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.