STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 742
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 1022
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1022, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TAKING OF NATURAL RESOURCES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Clarify that any conservation and resources enforcement officer of the Department of Land and Natural Resources may, in the performance of their official duties, stop and temporarily detain any person whom the officer reasonably believes is, or recently has been engaged in hunting or fishing for a natural resource inspection; and
(2) Establish penalties for refusal to comply with inspection requests.
Your Committee
received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and
Natural Resources, Keiko Conservation, Kua‘āina
Ulu ‘Auamo, For the Fishes, Mālama
Pūpūkea-Waimea, The Nature Conservancy, Surfrider Foundation O‘ahu
Chapter, Moana Ohana, and eight individuals.
Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from
Lokahi Fishing, LLC; Waialua Boat Club; Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for
Conservation and Tradition, Inc.; and seven individuals. Your Committee received comments on this
measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and one individual.
Your Committee finds that impediments to
the enforcement of Hawaii's fishing and hunting laws are detrimental to the
protection and conservation of natural resources in the State. This measure provides necessary inspection
and enforcement powers under the Department of Land and Natural Resources'
Conservation and Resources Program for protection of Hawaii's aquatic life and
wildlife.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1022, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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