STAND. COM. REP. NO. 195

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 590

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 590 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WILDLIFE REVOLVING FUND,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to subject expenditures from the Wildlife Revolving Fund by the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approval by the Game Management Advisory Commission and to restrict the expenditure of certain monies in the Revolving Fund to expenditure for hunting-related purposes.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Hawaii Hunting Association, Hunting Farming and Fishing Association, Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Waianae Hunting Association, Hawaii Sportsmen's Alliance, and many individuals. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the Department may make expenditures from the Revolving Fund following notice and presentation of information to the Game Management Advisory Commission; and

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050 to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 590, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 590, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair