Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1474 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Adopt an official tartan for the State; and

(2) Direct the state foundation on culture and the arts to

Testimony in support of this measure was provided by the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawai'i and several private citizens.

Your Committee finds that the proposed tartan's colors reflect Hawai'i and the significance of its sea and sky; its land; the lushness of the islands; the fiery origins of the islands; and the monarchy, which had a long history with the Scots.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1474, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass

Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1474, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.