STAND. COM. REP. NO.  189-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1901

      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 Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1901 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WILDLIFE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize and direct the Board of Land and Natural Resources to enter into inter-jurisdictional agreements or compacts, including the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, for the purpose of enforcing compliance with hunting, fishing, and other wildlife laws.

 

     The Hawaii Rifle Association, Game Management Advisory Commission, Humane Society of the United States, and a few individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  One individual submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting provisions that authorized the Board to enter into agreements or compacts and directed it to join the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact;

 

     (2)  Inserting new language to create a task force composed of law enforcement agencies, wildlife regulators, and community stakeholders to examine the feasibility of Hawaii's participation in the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact and report its findings to the legislature; and

 

     (3)  Making nonsubstantive technical amendments for the purposes of clarity.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1901, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1901, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair