Governor’s veto list includes feral birds nuisance bill
I was driving around Ala Moana Beach Park on June 15 and noticed a bunch of birds gathering in a parking lot. I parked my car and watched as the birds waited around. No one was there. Then George McShane showed up and started to feed the birds. Suddenly the scene turned into a frenzy of activity. I placed my camera on the ground and pointed up
Gov. Neil Abercrombie has informed the Legislature of nine bills he intends to veto.
The governor released the list today, the deadline by which he must inform lawmakers. He has until July 9 to issue his final decisions. Any bills not on the veto list will be signed or become law without his signature on July 9.
In a news release, the governor said most of these bills are potentially objectionable because of concerns, raised by state departments or agencies.
“There may be difficulty in implementing some of these bills as they are currently written, and there are other measures that require further consideration,” Abercrombie said in a statement.
Bills on the veto list include one that would make the feeding of feral birds a nuisance, allow the governor to appoint five voting members to the Hawaii Health Systems Corp. Board and give judges discretion in setting prison terms when sentencing drug offenders in certain class B and class C felony.
Here is the complete list:
>> HB763 (Relating to the State Building Code)
>> SB1265 (Relating to Contracts)
>> HB619 (Relating to Feral Birds)
>> HB988 (Relating to Native Wildlife)
>> HB424 (Relating to Timeshare Conveyances)
>> HB654 (Relating to Nursing)
>> HB1130 (Relating to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation)
>> SB3 (Relating to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs)
>> SB68 (Relating to Sentencing)
