STAND. COM. REP. NO. 749

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 552

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 552, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHAPTER 200, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to align penalties for violation of certain boating and ocean recreation laws with the severity of the prohibited conduct by amending penalties for violations of laws and administrative rules governing boating and ocean recreation.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and an individual testified in support of this measure. The Hawaiian Humane Society provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by removing the language imposing fines for violations of rules relating to animal abandonment or creation of animal colonies.

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. 552, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 552, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair