STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1151-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2802

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2802, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING ON PRIVATE LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require persons who wish to access private land for hunting to first obtain written permission from the landowner or occupier.

The Department of Agriculture; Hawaii Farm Bureau; Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, Inc.; Maui Cattle Company; Ponoholo Ranch; Animal Rights Hawaii; and several individuals supported this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and an individual opposed this measure.  One individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making it effective upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2802, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2802, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair