STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1455

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 163
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture and the Arts, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 163 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO
     ESTABLISH THE PUERTO RICAN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION
     BY EXECUTIVE ORDER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this House Concurrent Resolution is to
request that the Governor establish the Puerto Rican Centennial
Celebration Commission by executive order.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received previously
from the Puerto Rican Heritage Society of Hawaii, the Maui Puerto
Rican Association, and the United Puerto Rican Association of
Hawaii, Incorporated.

     Your committee finds that to protect the commission and the
centennial celebration from civil liability, the Puerto Rican
Centennial Celebration Commission must be established by a
Governor's executive order.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Culture and the Arts that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 163, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance.


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Culture and the
                                   Arts,



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                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair