STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 323-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2942

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2942 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FERAL PIGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill, as received, is to help preserve Hawaii's natural wildlife and forestry by:

(1) Permitting for five years the hunting of feral pigs year-round in designated areas throughout the state; and

(2) Providing a bounty per feral pig.

The Conservation Council for Hawaii, Hawaii Rifle Association, Pig Hunters Association of Oahu, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Animal Rights Hawaii opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the bounty per feral pig; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2942, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2942, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

		____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair