STAND. COM. REP. NO. 235
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2007
RE: H.B. No. 1352
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1352 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO PLAN FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HAWAII STATEHOOD,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to celebrate Hawaii's admission to statehood by establishing the 50th Anniversary of Statehood Commission (Commission) to plan and coordinate various activities to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Hawaii's admission to statehood.
The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Requiring the Commission's membership to include representation of the Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, State Senate, and the State House of Representatives;
(2) Deleting the provision specifying that all members of the Commission serve at the pleasure of the Governor;
(3) Changing the deadline for the submittal of the report by the Commission to the Legislature to no later than 20 days prior to the 2008 Regular Session, instead of the 2009 Regular Session;
(4) Changing the appropriation to a blank amount to encourage further discussion; and
(5) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1352, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1352, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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