STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1006

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1831

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1831 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect native species, the natural environment, public and private land and resources, and human health and safety by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to effectively fence game mammals into areas maintained for commercial, public, or private hunting.

 

The Hawaii Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, Conservation Council for Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DLNR and the Hawaii Forest Industry Association opposed this measure.  The Nature Conservancy offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 1831, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1831, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair