CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 4

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   S.B. No. 942
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




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

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 942, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purposes of this measure are to:

     (1)  Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources
          (DLNR) to establish, maintain, manage, and operate game
          management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public
          hunting areas on land under its control;

     (2)  Add a definition of "game management area"; and

     (3)  Require DLNR to preserve, protect and promote public
          hunting, as part of its powers and duties.


 
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     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to add
a definition of "public hunting area" in Section 183D-4, Hawaii
Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of S.B. No. 942, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 942, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
            HOUSE                             SENATE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROMY CACHOLA, Co-Chair             LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
EZRA R. KANOHO, Co-Chair           ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
KENNY GOODENOW, Member             JAN YAGI BUEN, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
BRIAN SCHATZ, Member               SAM SLOM, Member



______________________________
BARBARA MARUMOTO, Member


 
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