STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2921

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2077

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2077, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WILDLIFE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to become a member of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact or a similar agreement.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Animal Rights Hawaii; Hawaiian Humane Society; Humane Society of the United States; Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; One Ocean Diving; and twenty individuals.

Your Committee believes that this measure will facilitate the enforcement efforts by the Department of Land and Natural Resources in relation to hunting, fishing, and wildlife protection.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2077, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair