STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2359

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 521

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 521 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this short form bill is to amend the law relating to international affairs.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to correct outdated references in statutes by:

     (1)  Deleting the reference to "trust territories" in section 346-59.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and inserting the full names of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau, where appropriate; and

     (2)  Replacing a reference to "trust territories" in section 348-6(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, with "territories, or commonwealths" to reflect the correct federal designation.

     Your Committee has consulted with the Pacific Islands governments affected by this measure to ensure that the proposed changes are correct, and has received no opposition to the amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 521, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 521, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair