Bill Text: HI HB1082 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Trails.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-28 - Referred to WLH, FIN, referral sheet 6 [HB1082 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1082-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to trails.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the Hawaii statewide trail and access program, known as nā ala hele, was established in 1988 in response to public concern about the loss of public access to certain trails and the threat to historic trails from development pressure. Nā ala hele addresses trail management and regulatory issues across the State. The legislature notes that according to the 2015 Hawaii State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, there are two areas regarding public hiking identified for improvement:
(1) Demand for more trails or access to mauka lands; and
(2) The need for trail facilities and maintenance.
The legislature further finds that Hawaii county faces a particularly acute deficit of trails and public land access. There are currently only three legal hiking trails for non-hunters in west Hawaii, as compared to forty-one on Oahu, thirty-five on Kauai, and nineteen on Maui. Many of the most popular trails in Hawaii county, listed in guidebooks and increasingly publicized on social media, involve trespassing across private property. Statewide, in these areas lacking public access to trails, the public often resort to trespassing across private lands. This poses challenges to public access, safety, and landowner liability.
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purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the establishment of a
permanent full-time equivalent abstractor position and a permanent full-time
equivalent land and access specialist to adequately address the nā
ala hele program needs regarding the protection and expansion of public trail access
statewide.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $84,730 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent land and access specialist IV position for the nā ala hele program.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $82,653 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent abstractor X position for the nā ala hele program.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
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Report Title:
Trails; Nā Ala Hele Program; Positions; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates moneys for the establishment of a permanent full-time equivalent abstractor position and a permanent full-time equivalent land and access specialist within the Nā Ala Hele Program for trail access.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
