STAND. COM. REP. NO.  735

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1831

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1831 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect native species, the natural environment, public and private land and resources, and human health and safety from game mammals by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to effectively fence in game mammals into areas maintained for commercial, public, or private hunting. 

     The Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter, Conservation Council for Hawaii, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, the Hawaii Audubon Society, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Forest Industry Association, and the Hawaii Rifle Association opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1831 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair