STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2796

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2728

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2728, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that the designation of a public trail shall be as provided by law.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, and the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii.  Written comments in opposition were received from a member of the Kauai County Council and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure clarifies that the designation of public trails and disputes that arise regarding public access to public trails shall be governed by state law.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2728, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2728, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair