STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1143

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1403
                                        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 Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1403, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a State Hunting
Advisory Council with a chapter on Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu,
and Kauai, and two chapters on the Island of Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Board of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Hunting Association,
Hawaii Hunting Advisory Council, and one individual.  Testimony
in opposition to this measure was received from the EarthJustice
Legal Defense Fund, Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club, and
Conservation Council for Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that the State Hunting Advisory Council
and its chapters will improve communication between the hunting
community, the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and others on
matters affecting hunting on each island and throughout the
State.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Providing that members of the State Hunting Advisory
          Council shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, as
          determined by the Department of Land and Natural

 
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          Resources, with amounts from the Wildlife Revolving
          Fund; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the
          purpose of style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1403, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1403, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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