STAND. COM. REP. NO.  821-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1907

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1907, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING LICENSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide a lifetime hunting license at a significantly discounted rate to qualified disabled veterans.

 

     The State Office of Veterans Services, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii County Game Management Advisory Commission, Hawaii Rifle Association, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee notes the request of the Director of the State Office of Veterans Services that this measure be amended to extend the opportunity to obtain a lifetime hunting license to veterans with a service-connected disability, as defined by the Veterans Benefits Administration, of ten percent or higher and to remove the loss of lower extremities from the eligibility criteria.  Your Committee encourages further consideration of this request as this measure proceeds through the Legislature.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1907, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair