CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 179

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 634
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1



Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 634, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE
    ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE PUERTO RICANS
    TO HAWAII,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to create a temporary commission
to support and coordinate the celebration of the centennial
anniversary of the arrival of the Puerto Rican people to Hawaii.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended the bill by:

     (1) Deleting the appropriation; and

     (2) Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for style and
         clarity.


 
 
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     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 634, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 634, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DAVID IGE, Co-Chair                K. MARK TAKAI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             BRIAN SCHATZ, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROBERT BUNDA, Member               ALEXANDER C. SANTIAGO, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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WHITNEY ANDERSON, Member           GALEN FOX, Member