STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1420

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 49

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 49 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PREPARING FOR THE DESIGNATION OF WAIKĪKĪ - KAUHALE O HO'OKIPA AS A HAWAII STATE AND NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to recognize and support the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association's efforts in preparing for the designation of Waikiki – Kauhale O Ho‘okipa as a state and national scenic byway.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association. 

Your Committees appreciate the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association's work to recognize Waikiki – Kauhale O Ho‘okipa as a state and national scenic byway.  Such recognition will educate the public regarding Waikiki's historical and cultural significance and help promote its special intrinsic qualities to improve visitors' experience. 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 49 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation and International Affairs,

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair

____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair