STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1285

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 221
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 221 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT
     OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES FORMULATE A HUNTING LICENSE
     CATEGORY FOR FOREIGN HUNTERS, UTILIZING LICENSED GUIDES ON
     PRIVATE LAND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the
Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources take
immediate steps to formulate a new non-U.S. hunter licensing
procedure.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Hawaii Hunting Advisory Council, the Hawaii Rifle
Association, the Hawaii Citizens' Rights PAC, and one individual.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) submitted
comments.

     Your Committee finds that a commercial hunting industry on
private property can provide environmental and economic benefits
to local communities.  However, unlike most mainland states, DLNR
does not have the statutory authority to regulate the take of
game mammals on private lands, and the department is also
considering options to develop and promote commercial game bird
hunting.


 
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     Your Committee is supportive of the intent of this measure,
but believes that there are a number of issues, including safety,
which must be addressed before initiating a new licensing system
for foreign hunters and expanding the commercial hunting industry
on private lands.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to:

     (1)  Amend the title to read:

          "REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL
          RESOURCES INVESTIGATE WAYS TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE THE
          COMMERCIAL HUNTING INDUSTRY ON PRIVATE LANDS";

     (2)  Delete the entire contents of the Be It Resolved
          sections, and replace them with new language requesting
          the Department of Land and Natural Resources to work
          with private landowners, the Hunting Advisory Council,
          commercial shooting preserve operators, hunting guides,
          license vendors, and other interested constituents to
          discuss and investigate ways to develop and promote the
          commercial hunting industry on private lands in Hawaii,
          including:

          (A)  Possible changes in license requirements for
               foreign hunters;

          (B)  Impacts on public hunting opportunities on
               adjacent public lands;

          (C)  Impacts on adjacent protected native forest areas
               and ways to mitigate impacts;

          (D)  The department's ability to regulate the take and
               movement of game mammal populations on private
               lands to protect public interests;

          (E)  Liability issues;

          (F)  Ways to promote the commercial hunting industry on
               private lands; and

          (G)  Any other pertinent issues; and

     (3)  Request that DLNR report to the Legislature twenty days
          prior to the Regular Session of 2000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this

 
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report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 221, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 221, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



                                   ______________________________
                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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