Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1216, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to approriate funds to the Korean Centennial Celebration Comission in preparation for the celeberation of the centennial anniversary of the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to Hawaii.

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Korean Centennial Celebration Commission, Korean American Bar Association Hawaii, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this bill.

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. 1216, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.