STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1188-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2569

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. 2569 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MUSEUM OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow additional time for the development of a Museum of Hawaiian Music and Dance by extending the interim and final reporting deadlines for reports submitted to the Legislature by the Museum of Hawaiian Music and Dance Committee.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Tourism Authority, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and a concerned individual 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 S.B. No. 2569 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