REPORT TITLE:
Hunting; Game Management


DESCRIPTION:
Requires DLNR to manage and preserve wildlife sanctuaries for
public hunting; adds definitions of "game management area" and
"public hunting area".  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HUNTING.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 183D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§183D-4 Game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries,
 
 4 public hunting areas.  (a)  For the purposes of preserving,
 
 5 protecting, conserving, and propagating wildlife, the department
 
 6 [may] shall establish, maintain, manage, and operate game
 
 7 management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public hunting areas
 
 8 on land under its control as it deems desirable and enter into
 
 9 agreements for taking control of privately owned lands for those
 
10 purposes.
 
11      (b)  For the purposes of this section:
 
12      "Game management area" means an area so designated by
 
13 executive order, rule, cooperative agreement, or action of the
 
14 board of land and natural resources that has been set aside for
 
15 the primary purpose of managing, sustaining, and enhancing
 
16 populations of game mammals and birds, and providing public
 
17 hunting and other compatible uses within the constraints of
 
18 applicable federal, state, and county laws.
 
19      "Public hunting area" means those lands designated by the
 

 
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 1 board of land and natural resources as areas where the public may
 
 2 hunt game birds and mammals."
 
 3      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 4 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.