STAND. COM. REP. NO.  312-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2809

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2809 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KALO APPRECIATION MONTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate the month of October as "Kalo Appreciation Month."

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly, Kewalo Hawaiian Homestead Community Association, Mokupuni O Oahu, Waianae Kai Homestead Community Association, Nanakuli Hawaiian Homestead Community Association and several concerned individuals supported the measure.  One concerned individual opposed the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2809 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

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

____________________________

FAYE HANOHANO, Chair