STAND. COM. REP. NO.  310-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2909

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2909 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support efforts to celebrate Hawaii's fiftieth anniversary of statehood by appropriating funds for the Fiftieth Anniversary of Statehood Commission.

     The Fiftieth Anniversary of Statehood Commission supported this bill.

     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. 2909 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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