Bill Text: HI SB1261 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB1261 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB1261-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1261 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. The legislature
finds that the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is a multistate
agreement that promotes enforcement of hunting, fishing, trapping, and other
wildlife related regulations across jurisdictions. For example, the Interstate Wildlife Violator
Compact could prevent wildlife violators who have lost their hunting, fishing,
trapping, or other wildlife related privileges in other member states from
obtaining a hunting license in Hawaii.
Similarly, persons who have been punished with license revocation in
Hawaii would be unable to avoid this punishment by engaging in those activities
in another state. The Interstate
Wildlife Violator Compact also establishes a process by which nonresident
wildlife law violators can be treated as state residents for purposes of law
enforcement, thereby easing the administrative burden on the enforcement agency
and reducing enforcement gaps that may allow the violator to fail to comply
with the terms of the citation.
Reciprocity agreements such as the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact
are an important part of any law enforcement effort.
The
legislature also finds that the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is modeled
after the successful multistate driver license compact and nonresident violator
compact. Hawaii is party to both
compacts.
The
legislature additionally finds that forty-eight states have passed legislation
necessary to join the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. Existing member
states to the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact have reported little to no
added costs or administrative burdens associated with participating in the
compact. The information system that
facilitates participation is available for a nominal annual fee of $500 to
member states.
The
purpose of this Act is to authorize the department of land and natural
resources to enter into the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact or similar
agreement for mutual assistance in the enforcement of wildlife laws.
SECTION
2. Chapter 183D, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately
designated and to read as follows:
"§183D- Interstate wildlife violator compact. (a)
The department may enter into the interstate wildlife violator compact
or similar agreement, whether in the form of a memorandum of understanding,
written agreement, or mutual aid compact, with an appropriate state, federal,
or foreign entity for mutual assistance in the enforcement of hunting, fishing,
and other wildlife laws, rules, or regulations in their respective
jurisdictions.
(b) The department may adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 91 necessary for enforcement of the agreement entered into pursuant to
subsection (a)."
SECTION
3. New statutory material is
underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact or similar agreement for mutual assistance in the enforcement of wildlife laws. (SD2)
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