STAND. COM. REP. NO.  963-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 233

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 233 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUEEN LILIUOKALANI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to honor the dignity and memory of Queen Liliuokalani by changing the dates inscribed on the Queen Liliuokalani memorial statue, situated on the grounds of the State Capitol Building, to reflect the dates of her coronation and death.

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and Sky Ohana testified in support of this measure.  The Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies testified in opposition to this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that the Department of Accounting and General Services shall be responsible for changing the inscription of the dates on the Queen Liliuokalani memorial statue; 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 S.B. No. 233, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 233, 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