The Advertiser ran a story this morning on a bill pending in the Legislature regarding the definition of the boundary between oceanfront landowners and the public.  Article here.

I pulled the bill and it is reprinted below:

RELATING TO COASTAL AREAS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 205A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of “shoreline” to read as follows:

“Shoreline” means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, other than storm and seismic waves, at high tide during the season of the year in which the highest wash of the waves occurs, usually evidenced by the edge of natural vegetation growth, or the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves[-], whichever is further most mauka, but never lower than the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves.”

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

You can download here.  It is pretty sparse and appears to be a placeholder for further legislative action. 

Stay tuned.