STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1282-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.C.R. No. 216

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 216 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR HAWAII TO PURSUE THE BID TO HOST THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to express the Legislature's support for Hawaii to pursue the bid to host the 2016 IUCN WCC.

     Testimony supporting this concurrent resolution was received from the Nature Conservancy, National Tropical Botanical Garden, and several individuals.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 216 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair