STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1315

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1228

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 1228, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORICAL PRESERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), with assistance from certain cultural organizations, to establish a process to determine the most appropriate means of memorializing the World War II Japanese internment camp experience in Hawaii.

     DLNR, the Historic Hawaii Foundation, Japanese American National Heritage Coalition, and the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying, in the purpose section, that the development of memorials will be eligible for 50 percent, instead of 25 percent, federal matching funds administered by the National Park Service;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion; 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 Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1228, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1228, S.D. 1, 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