STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1559-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 3001
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 3001, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WILDLIFE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Limiting the scope of this measure to apply to a person who engages in all three acts of transferring, transporting, and releasing after transport a wild or feral deer;
(2) Expanding the entities that may issue a permit authorizing the transfer, transport, and release after transport of a wild or feral deer to include other state departments;
(3) Exempting non-feral domestic animals as referenced in section 142-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from the provisions of this measure;
(4) Defining "feral" as having escaped or been released from domestication and living in a wild and unconfined state;
(5) Changing the effective date to January 7, 2059, to promote further discussion; and
(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 3001, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3001, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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