Report Title:
Natural Area Reserves System; Game Animal Control; Public Hunting
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to designate public hunting as the primary means to control game animals in the natural area reserves system. (SD1)
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1076 |
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 195-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) To preserve, manage, and protect the reserves system, the department is authorized, in addition to any other powers, to:
(1) Designate and bring under its control and management, as part of the reserves system, any areas as follows:
(A) State owned land under the jurisdiction of the department may be set aside as a natural area reserve by resolution of the department, subject to the approval of the governor by executive order setting the land aside for that purpose;
(B) New natural area reserves may be established:
(i) By gift, devise, grant, reimbursement to cooperators, exchange, or purchase of land or any interest therein, including, but not limited to, conservation easements;
(ii) By eminent domain pursuant to chapter 101; or
(iii) By the setting aside of state owned land for that purpose by the governor, as provided in section 171-11;
(2) Cooperate or contract with any federal, state, or county governmental agency, quasi-governmental agency, private organization, or individual in carrying out the purpose of this chapter;
(3) Acquire by gift, devise, grant, or donation any personal property to be used in the acquisition or management, or both, of natural area reserves;
(4) Implement, after consultation with the commission and based on the most comprehensive up-to-date compilation of scientific data, the acquisition, management, protection, and use of natural area reserves; [and]
(5) Designate hunting as the primary means of reducing game animal numbers, as appropriate, whether through public hunting or through contracting with public organizations and clubs; and
(6) Prepare and take the necessary steps to implement the management plan set forth in section 195-11."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.