STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1567

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1178
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No.
1178, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to specify that the Department
of Land and Natural Resources may require persons who illegally
took perishable natural resources to sell those resources at fair
market value with the proceeds turned over to the department.

     Your Committee finds that under present law the department
may seize and sell unneeded resources only through a public
auction.  This measure frees up departmental resources by having
the seized perishable resources sold by the persons who took the
resources, and also ensures that the resource itself is not
wasted.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 1178, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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