Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

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. 643, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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 purpose of this measure is to authorize the counties to enact and enforce ordinances relating to vicious dogs.

Your Committee finds that vicious dogs threaten the public safety and believes that county regulation provides the level of protection and recourse from dog attacks that the public desires and deserves. Your Committee finds that the counties are unsure whether sections 142-74 and 142-75, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to dogs, preempt county ordinances regulating the same subject. This measure gives effect to those ordinances and clarifies the preemption issue.

Your Committee has amended this measure by authorizing the counties to enact and enforce ordinances regulating persons who own, harbor, or keep any dog that:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 643, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 643, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.