STAND. COM. REP. NO. 540-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 1713
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAHULUI HARBOR,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit net fishing in Kahului Harbor.
Your Committee received testimony and a petition in support of this bill signed by numerous concerned individuals. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and a concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure. Your Committee received a separate petition opposing this bill that was signed by numerous concerned individuals. The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) testified in opposition to this measure, but expressed support for this bill's overall concept.
Your Committee has amended this bill by inserting:
(1) An effective date of July 1, 2006, to allow DLNR to complete implementation of statewide regulations governing lay nets (panel gill nets that are fished passively); and
(2) A drop dead provision to provide for automatic repeal of this measure in the event that the lay net regulations are adopted prior to the stated effective date.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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