STAND. COM. REP. NO. 905-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2918
                                     S.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 Water and Land Use, to which was referred
S.B. No. 2918, S.D. 2, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase nonresident hunting
license fees and to require applicants for a license to disclose
if they are prohibited from using firearms for hunting. It also
allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to
establish hunting license application and issuance procedures and
set fees through administrative rules. 

     The DLNR and the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii testified in
support of this bill.

     One citizen testified in opposition to this bill.

     Your Committee finds that hunting license fees are deposited
into the wildlife revolving fund, which is used for ground
improvements relating to hunting, such as improving game bird
habitat, controlling predators, and leasing of lands for hunting,
and for hunter education and other hunter services.  Your
Committee also finds that the average 1999 non-resident cost of
licenses and tags in the Western United States is $1,000;
Hawaii's 1999 non-resident cost of licenses and tags is $100.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,

 
 
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your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 2918, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,

                                   ______________________________
                                   ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair