STAND. COM. REP. NO.  85

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1018

      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 Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1018 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAY NETS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) to adopt rules for a lay net permit for the use or possession of lay nets, including reasonable fees and provisions for non-compliance with lay net rules.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that lay net violations are primarily fishery-related infractions that the Department investigates, and a lay net permit system would better regulate this type of fishing gear.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1018, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1018, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair