Bill Text: HI HB2376 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Predator Control
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-29 - Referred to EEP/WAL, JUD, referral sheet 4 [HB2376 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2376-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PREDATORS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 183D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "predators" to read as follows:
""Predators"
means animals destructive of wildlife by nature of their predatory habits, including
mongooses, cats, dogs, and [rats.] rodents."
SECTION 2. Section 183D-65, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§183D-65 [Posting; destruction
of predators.] Predators. (a) On any game management
area, public hunting area, or forest reserve or other lands under the
jurisdiction of the department, predators deemed harmful to wildlife by the
department may be destroyed by any means deemed necessary by the department.
(b) Where the predators are dogs and the methods of destruction may endanger pets or hunting dogs, all major points of entrance into the area where the predators are to be destroyed shall be posted with signs indicating that a program of predator destruction in the area is in progress. Any predator may be destroyed in a posted area without claim or penalty whether or not the predator is the property of some person.
(c) On all state lands, it shall be unlawful for individuals to release, feed, water, or otherwise care for unrestrained predators. Any individual who violates this subsection shall be assessed an administrative fine of not less than:
(1) $100 for a first violation;
(2) $500 for a second violation; or
(3) $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation.
This subsection shall not apply to hunters that deploy, feed, or water unrestrained dogs in the course of hunting."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Predator Control
Description:
Increases protection to human health and wildlife by prohibiting individuals from releasing, feeding, watering, or otherwise caring for unrestrained predators on state lands and provides a fine for individuals that violate this prohibition and an exemption for hunters who deploy, feed, or water unrestrained dogs in the course of hunting.
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