STAND. COM. REP. NO. 132

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1095
                                        




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 S.B. No. 1095 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to delay for two years the
sunset date for allowing licensed hunters to hunt game mammals
with handguns.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Hawaii
Hunting Advisory Council, the Hawaii Hunting Association, Pig
Hunters of Hawaii, the Hawaii Rifle Association, Hawaii Citizens'
Rights PAC, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will give the
department additional time to complete the rule making process
and implement a trial period of handgun hunting before the sunset
date.  Your Committee understands that rule making has taken
longer than originally anticipated due to legal concerns, and
that statewide public hearings on the proposed rules are now
scheduled for March of this year.

     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 S.B. No. 1095 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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