STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1181

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1735

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1735, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HAWAII'S RANCHING COMMUNITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to honor the contributions of Hawaii's ranching community by establishing the Waiomina Centennial Celebration Commission to prepare and coordinate programs and activities to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Championship of 1908.

     The Waimea Community Association and several concerned individuals supported this bill. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified amount to encourage further discussion;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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 H.B. No. 1735, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1735, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair