SB3192 HD1 HSCR1141

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1141-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3192

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on International Affairs and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.B. No. 3192, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SISTER STATE AND PROVINCE RELATIONSHIPS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to nurture international relationships that can benefit the state's business and economic standing by establishing a Hawaii Sister-state Committee (Committee) to recommend sister-state or province relationships for the Legislature's action.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and East-West Center supported this bill. The University of Hawaii (UH) supported the intent of this measure.

Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this measure by, among other things:

(1) Including "prefecture" within the definition of "sister-state or province relationship";

(2) Clarifying that a purpose of the Committee is to advise the Governor and the Legislature on matters relating to sister-state or province relations;

(3) Adding:

(A) UH;

(B) The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts;

(D) The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs,

as entities submitting lists of nominees for membership on the Committee;

(4) Directing the Committee to appoint a chair and vice chair from among its members; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on International Affairs and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3192, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3192, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on International Affairs and Economic Development & Business Concerns,

____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair		____________________________ HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair