STAND. COM. REP. NO.  388-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1950

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1950 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require those who wish to access private land for hunting or other legitimate purposes to obtain written permission from the landowner.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; W.H. Shipman Limited; Island Princess Macadamia Nut Company; and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Providing further clarification of when written permission is required; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1950, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1950, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair