STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2351

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2498

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2498 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish November 20th of each year as Makahiki Commemoration Day.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from six individuals.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will mark the beginning of the Mahahiki season which was established to perpetuate the ancient wisdom of land conservation, abundance, unity, and peace.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2498 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Taxation.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs,

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair