STAND. COM. REP. NO. 190-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 1902
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1902 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, Hawaii Rifle Association, Hawaii Sportsmen Alliance, the National Rifle Association of America, Hawaii Chapter, National Wild Turkey Federation, Kaupo Wildlife Club, and many individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i, and Sierra Club of Hawai‘i submitted testimony in opposition. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Hawai‘i County Council member representing District 3, Hawaii Game Management Advisory Council, Earthjustice, The Hawaii Hunting Association, and several individuals submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the date for establishing the baseline net acreage to be preserved as public hunting area to January 1, 2014;
(2) Clarifying that the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall designate equivalent state land to replace land in a public hunting area that becomes unavailable for any reason and specifying criteria for the replacement land; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1902, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1902, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,
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____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair |
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