STAND. COM. REP. NO. 728-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2262
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2262, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the celebration of
the centennial anniversary of the arrival of the Korean people to
Hawaii by establishing a temporary commission to arrange and
promote related activities.

     The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the 2003
Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the United States
of America, and an individual testified in support of this
measure.  The Korean American Coalition, Hawaii Chapter,
supported the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, style, and
consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2262, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2262, H.D.
2.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair