STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1555

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.C.R. No. 220

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 220 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF SISTER STATE OR PROVINCE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BRUYERES, FRANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Hawaii Sister State Committee to evaluate the feasibility of extending a sister state or province relationship with Bruyeres, France.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Changing its title to read, "REQUESTING THE SISTER STATE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF A SISTER STATE OR PROVINCE RELATIONSHIP WITH LORRAINE, FRANCE";

     (2)  Clarifying the focus of the relationship to the region of Lorraine, in which the town of Bruyeres is located;

     (3)  Sending a certified copy of this concurrent resolution to the President of the Regional Council of Lorraine; and

     (4)  Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 220, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 220, H.D. 1.

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

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JOEY MANAHAN, Chair