STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3436
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1890
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1890, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SISTER STATE AND PROVINCE RELATIONSHIPS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to foster international relations by strengthening Hawaii's sister-state program through establishing a process of initiating, maintaining, and dissolving sister-state and province relationships.
Your Committee finds that sister-state and province relationships provide a solid foundation for cultural and inter-cultural exchange, educational ties, understanding, and collaboration.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying a time frame for which the Hawaii Sister-State Committee has to evaluate each established sister-state relationship; and
(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote continued discussion.
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. No. 1890, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1890, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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