STAND. COM. REP. NO. 962

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 500
                                     H.D. 3




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.
500, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to develop a commercial hunting
industry by allowing nonresident aliens to bring firearms into
the State for recreational purposes.

     The Honolulu Police Department, the Hawaii Citizens' Rights
Political Action Committee, the Hawaii Rifle Association, Lessons
in Firearms Education, the Hawaii Hunting Advisory Council, and
one individual testified in support of this measure.  The
Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in support of
the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of 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.
500, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 500, H.D. 3.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair