§171-8.6 Risk assessment working group. (a) There is established a risk assessment working group that shall be administratively attached to the department. The risk assessment working group shall provide consultation to the board regarding the design and placement of warning signs, devices, or systems on improved public lands as defined in section 663-51, including any comprehensive plan submitted by the State, a county, or managing entity, to the board for approval. The risk assessment working group shall consist of the following members, who shall serve without compensation:

(1) The chairperson of the board, or designee;

(2) The mayor of each county, or designee;

(3) The administrators of the department's division of forestry and wildlife and the division of state parks, or their designees;

(4) The attorney general, or designee; and

(5) A person appointed by the chairperson of the board knowledgeable in warning sign design.

[(b)] The risk assessment working group shall submit a report of its recommendations and of the consultation provided to the board of land and natural resources under [Act 82, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003], including a listing of warning signs, devices, and systems on improved and unimproved public lands subsequently approved or disapproved by the board, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session. [L 2003, c 82, §§3, 4, 8; am L 2007, c 152, §5; am L 2009, c 81, §3; am L 2014, c 86, §2]

Revision Note

L 2003, c 82, §4 is codified to this section as subsection (b) pursuant to §23G-15.

Cross References

Limitations on public entity liability in actions based upon duty to warn of natural conditions, see chapter 663, pt VI.