Report Title:

Office of International Affairs; Peace Day; Appropriation

Description:

Requires the Office of International Affairs to support activities commemorating Peace Day.  Appropriates funds.  (HB1974 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1974
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 201-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The office shall:

     (1)  Develop policies that promote and strengthen relations with other countries in the areas of international business, economy, culture, and the arts;

     (2)  Develop policies that promote transportation between, and tourism with, other countries;

     (3)  Develop and promote international telecommunications and high technology exchanges;

     (4)  Encourage the development of international sister-city programs, pairing Hawaii cities with cities around the globe for artistic, cultural, economic, educational, and faith-based exchanges;

     (5)  Develop and promote Hawaii as the economic, trade, commerce, transportation, banking, and tourism hub of the Pacific;

     (6)  Develop an international affairs and peace education curriculum that includes studies of international affairs and peace initiatives and takes a proactive, strategic approach to the development of policies that promote the prevention of national and international conflict, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict; [and]

     (7)  Provide for exchanges of individuals between Hawaii and other nations to develop international and peace-based initiatives[.]; and

(8) Support the activities commemorating Peace Day pursuant to section 8-16, notwithstanding the department's requirements."

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 to be used by the office of international affairs for the purposes of this Act.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2008.