STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1508

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to create a temporary commission
in the Governor's office to oversee the centennial anniversary of
the arrival of the first Puerto Rican people to Hawaii.

     Additionally, this measure establishes an ethnic celebration
trust fund to assist in the commemoration activities and
appropriates general funds as seed moneys into the fund.

     Your Committee finds that it is important to acknowledge the
rich contributions of the Puerto Rican people to our diverse and
multicultural island heritage.  Since their first arrival on
December 23, 1900, the Puerto Rican people have been and continue
to provide positive influences upon life in this State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.

 
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No. 634, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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