STAND. COM. REP. NO.  104-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 1035

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 1035, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAKAHIKI DAY COMMEMORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to honor Hawaii's Polynesian cultural roots by designating November 20 of each year as Makahiki Commemoration Day. 

     The Senator representing the Sixth Senatorial District, Hawaiian Political Action Council of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  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. 1035, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1035, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair