STAND. COM. REP. NO.  476

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1024

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1024 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIABILITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage ocean and beach safety by making permanent certain liability protections provided to lifeguards and the counties and the State that provide lifeguard services on the beach or in the ocean.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the City and County of Honolulu, the City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department, two individual councilmembers of the Maui County Council, and the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Association for Justice provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1024 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair