STAND. COM. REP. NO. 821

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 663

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 663, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE GAME MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the manner in which members are appointed to the Game Management Advisory Commission to require appointment of members by the Governor from a lists of names submitted by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee notes that the Game Management Advisory Commission may, among its other duties, recommend policies and criteria regarding the management, protection, and promotion of public hunting in Hawaii and may recommend amendments to existing Department of Land and Natural Resources' policies and procedures relating to hunting. Your Committee finds that providing the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives with the opportunity to be involved in the selection of members of the Game Management Advisory Commission will provide the Legislature with a broader level of involvement in shaping the membership, and hence the priorities, of the Game Management Advisory Commission.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 663, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair