Bill Text: HI HCR141 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Beach Access; Reasonable Accommodation; Disabled Persons
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-01 - Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 650). [HCR141 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HCR141-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COUNTIES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN HAWAII.
WHEREAS, Hawaii is known worldwide for its beaches and is committed to public beach access to all residents and visitors; and
WHEREAS, beach access for persons with disabilities, including veterans, is extremely limited, especially for those with mobility limitations; and
WHEREAS, access to Hawaii's beaches is meant to be open for all residents and visitors and access to beaches should be improved so as not to discriminate against persons with a disability; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the counties that maintain beach transit corridors are requested to improve public beach access to the shoreline for persons with disabilities at public beaches that have a public restroom facility or are in an ocean recreation management area; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in providing public access to the shoreline at beaches, the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the responsible counties consider the topography and physical characteristics of the beach transit corridor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the counties report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2017 on the status of public beach access to the shoreline for persons with disabilities at public beaches that have a public restroom facility or are in an ocean recreation management area; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Resources and the mayors of Hawaii County, Maui County, Kauai County, and the City and County of Honolulu.
Beach Access; Reasonable Accommodation; Disabled Persons
