STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1435

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 409

      S.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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 409, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAHINA ‘OLELO HAWAI‘I,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to celebrate and encourage the use of the Hawaiian language by designating the month of February as "‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i Month".

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club of Kona, and a few concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 409, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair