REPORT TITLE:
Landowners' Liability


DESCRIPTION:
Redefines "land" to exclude land that the owner holds open to the
public for commercial purposes.  (SD2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 2
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 buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when
 
 5 attached to realty, other than land owned by the government[.] or
 
 6 land that the owner holds open to the public for commercial
 
 7 purposes; provided that if the owner holds only part of a parcel
 
 8 of land open to the public for commercial purposes the remainder
 
 9 of the parcel shall not be considered to be held open to the
 
10 public for commercial purposes."
 
11      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.