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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes — January 26, 2015 <br />Where is the money coming from — what's the source of the money? <br />At the opening of the legislature in the Senate — Donna Mercado Kim <br />mentioned taking the County share of the Transient Accommodations <br />Taxes for something very similar to this. And if that's the source of the <br />money then —we need to find out because it's a very important part of the <br />County's budget - 15% or 16% of our budget every year. <br />We need to also find out if there is an S.B. companion on the Senate side. <br />If the transient tax is taken from the County, Ike is against this bill. <br />Need to communicate with one of the people who signed the bill. Tony is <br />working on that and Mark has offered to help. <br />Tony is researching to see what is in the Governor's budget for the <br />watershed protection. <br />This bill must be watched because it will move quickly. Must find out <br />when the specificity happens and what it's all about. <br />d) H.B. 514 — Relating to funds controlled by the DLNR — Report Title: DLNR; <br />Program Funding — Description: Authorizes deposit of funds for the trail <br />and access program into the wildlife revolving fund via the special land <br />and development fund. Rep. Cindy Evans introduced this bill. <br />Appears to be putting money into the Wildlife Revolving Fund - DOFAW <br />would support it but the Land Division will likely not like the transfer from <br />SLDF (Special Land and Development Fund) to Wildlife Revolving. <br />DOFAW supports the bills — they did not originate them. Sponsor <br />unknown - Appears that this bill is to increase funding the Wildlife <br />Revolving Fund. <br />Ike asked is the Wildlife Revolving Fund connected to the U.S. Fish and <br />Wildlife Pittman -Robertson funds and the way that it is connected to <br />Pittman -Robertson is that any funds that Pittman -Robertson uses as a <br />match that has — is for wildlife — come — the way the 183D-10 is written <br />right now, which is the Wildlife Revolving Fund — it first uses Wildlife <br />Revolving Fund monies for those purposes. <br />Tony will research and obtain more information. Commissioners asked to <br />review bills online — about 30 different hunting related bills - forward any <br />concerns or comments to Tony. <br />e) Other bills of interest: <br />11 <br />