2019 01-29 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – January 29, 2019 NP: All right, thank you. So and also we talked about a bill requiring the DLNR to allow and encourage more voice from public users regarding game resources and hunting opportunity. In the meeting – we worked together to craft words for the bills – the deadline for the bills was the following day so we anxiously hoped they would make it under the wire. Our second meeting was at 3:00p with Senator Ron Kochi – who is also in support of us and he, too, agreed and made efforts to get our bills out by request and afterwards we went door- to-door trying to talk to legislators – a lot of them weren’t in – we left messages with their secretaries trying to gain support for our bills and overall we were really well received – it was a really good day – we felt productive and since we received the news that our bills did receive numbers and they did make it – but now, now we’re informed that there’s a lot of opposition, of course – so the first committee the bills go to is the Energy, Environmental Protection Committee and the Chair of that is Nicole Lowen and she doesn’t want to deal with the bills – but, so, the good thing to do – if anyone would like to be in support is to address the legislators in the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee – encouraging them to support our bills – that would be our first step. MH: They’re HB591, HB 590, and HB1325 – there may be more but those are the ones that I have down for no. NP: Yeah. It is HB – well, they have different – it’s really confusing in the Legislature, but, the way they’re coming out there – HB591 and then HB1325. I could get this out in emails and HB1122 – but there’s also Senate Bill 321 and Senate Bill 323. I can compile these and forward them. BKK: Can you repeat those numbers for the Senate bills and the House bills. NP: OK. House Bill 591 – relating to watershed areas. That requires the DLNR to obtain approval of the State Game Management Advisory Commission in their designation of areas of watershed. House Bill 1325 relating to the DLNR about approval from State GMAC, yeah, it’s kinda long – but just you can look up these bills and read ‘em for yourself; and then HB 1122 relating to land use and the DLNR and it’s best you read them. Are they in here? BKK: Most of them are in there but I don’t think 1325 and 1132 is. NP: Yeah, and so and right – and SB321 and SB323. BKK: And those are all the bills that you worked on with the State GMAC and our representatives up there? NP: Generally. 27