Bill Text: HI HB1035 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 3:30PM in conference room 312. [HB1035 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1035-Amended.html
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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 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
Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is modeled after the successful multistate
driver license compact and nonresident violator compact. Hawaii is party to both compacts.
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 on July 1, 2019.
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. (SD1)
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