STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1364-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1095
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1095, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow licensed hunters to use
handguns to hunt game animals for an additional two years to
evaluate the effects handgun hunting may have in the State.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Rifle
Association, Hawaii Citizens' Rights Political Action Committee,
Hawaii Hunting Advisory Council, and an individual testified in
support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the
effective date to June 29, 2000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1095, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1095, H.D.
2.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair