STAND. COM. REP. NO. 996

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1181
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1181, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to consolidate various
penalty sections, establish minimum fines, and establish separate
and graduated penalties for Chapters 187A, 188, 189, and 190,
Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the University
of Hawaii Environmental Center, BOATS/Hawaii Inc., and the Hawaii
Audubon Society.

     Your Committee finds that under this measure, the same
graduated penalties would apply to violations of all sections,
including those for freshwater fishing, recreational and
commercial ocean fishing, and State managed fishing areas.  All
would be punishable as petty misdemeanors, with the exception of
the use of explosives, electrocution, or poisons in fishing, and
these would be punishable as a felony.  Your Committee is
supportive of the department's efforts to deter violations,
particularly for repeat offenders.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a
technical amendment to properly reflect existing statutory
language.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1181, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1181, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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