STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2245

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2918
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2918 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to increase resident and
nonresident hunting license fees, require applicants for license
to disclose if they are prohibited from using firearms for
hunting, and to authorize the Department of Land and Natural
Resources to establish hunting license application and issuance
procedures and fees through administrative rules, rather than by
statute.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii's hunting license fees and
charges are the lowest of all the western states.  Currently,
these fees generate approximately $180,000 per year in revenue
that is deposited into the wildlife revolving fund.  The funds
are used for ground improvements for the hunting program, such as
leasing of lands for hunting, improving game bird habitat,
controlling predators, hunter education and information, and
other hunter services.  The proposed increases would raise an
additional $200,000 per year.

     Your Committee has heard that the Hawaii Hunting Advisory
Council has reviewed this measure and has concerns regarding

 
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increased fees for residents, and that the Council opposes
creating two separate licenses for resident hunters.  Your
Committee has amended this measure accordingly to:

     (1)  Keep the resident hunting license fee at $10 and delete
          the references to separate game mammal and game bird
          licenses for residents;

     (2)  Raise the nonresident license fees to $215 for a
          combination license, $160 for a game mammal license,
          and $105 for game bird license;

     (3)  Clarify that section 183D-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
          is repealed in the form in which it reads on the date
          of the repeal;

     (4)  Clarify that the enactment of sections 1 and 4 of the
          bill shall take effect upon the effective date of
          administrative rules; and

     (5)  Make technical amendments.

     Your Committee notes that repeal of statutes based on the
adoption of rules at an unspecified future date may give rise to
some confusion as to what language is subject to repeal and for
parties not following rule activity, when it is repealed.  While
the preferred drafting style sets out sections to be repealed,
the Committee has not done so in this amended measure because
there is no way to ascertain what form the section may be in at
the repeal date.

     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. 2918, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2918,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

                                   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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