Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3192, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to promote international relationships through the establishment of a Hawaii Sister-State Committee to advise the Governor and Legislature on matters relating to sister-state or province relations, including initiating, maintaining, and dissolving of said relationships.

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

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 S.B. No. 3192, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3192, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.