HB2495 HSCR72-04

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 72-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2495

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2495 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL FROM AIRCRAFT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Authorize federal agencies to conduct animal control activities from aircraft for conservation programs on state, county, or private land; and

(2) Revise the amount of the misdemeanor fine for hunting from aircraft to reflect current levels of assessment.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, and the Hawaii Audubon Society testified in support of the measure. Animal Rights Hawaii and a concerned individual provided testimony in opposition.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2495 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

		____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair