STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1085

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1403
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1403 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish statutorily a State
Hunting Advisory Council (Council).

     The Board of Land and Natural Resources, the Hawaii
Citizens' Rights Committee, and the Hawaii Rifle Association
testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Audubon Society,
the Conservation Council for Hawaii, the Hawaii Hunting
Association, the Hawaii Hunting Advisory Council, and members of
the public commented on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Adding a member to the Council who is a member of a
          conservation organization and possesses a valid
          hunter's license;

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style
          and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.

 
 
 
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1403, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1403, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair