STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1237

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 663

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, 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 and intent of this measure is to amend how members are appointed to the Game Management Advisory Commission to require the appointment of members by the Governor from lists of nine names each 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 and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Game Management Advisory Commission presents an opportunity for stakeholders with varying knowledge, experience, and leadership on subsistence and recreational hunting to advise the Board of Land and Natural Resources in conserving and managing game resources in the State. This measure would provide the Legislature with a broader level of involvement in shaping the membership and priorities of the Game Management Advisory Commission.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 663, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 663, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair