STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1275

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1227

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1227, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the maintenance of landscaped areas of the Iolani Palace grounds.  

     One individual submitted written comments in support of this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services submitted written comments on this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the funds appropriated will assist in the maintenance of the grounds surrounding Iolani Palace, including restoring historically appropriate landscaping.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the appropriations to unspecified amounts; and

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1227, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1227, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair