STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2675

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2580

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2580 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIVESTOCK,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to add deer to the list of animals included in the offense of theft of livestock.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Molokai Wildlife Management, LLC; and three individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the types of livestock covered under the offense of theft of livestock does not include deer.  As a result, farmers and ranchers who raise and sell deer in the commercial market are not protected under the law from poachers who encroach on their private lands to hunt deer.  This measure provides a stronger deterrent against poaching of deer.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the Division's enforcement activities with respect to poaching on private lands;

 

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2580, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2580, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair