STAND. COM. REP. NO.  261

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1089

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1089 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to honor the rich culture and history of the kalo plant and promote kalo cultivation and appreciation by establishing the month of October as Kalo Appreciation Month in Hawaii.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date from July 1, 2013, to upon its approval; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1089, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1089, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair