STAND. COM. REP. NO.  507-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2277

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2277, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission (Commission) in performing its duties by:

(1)  Amending its purpose and mission to include support for other events to commemorate King Kamehameha I;

(2)  Amending its membership and the appointment process for Commission members;

(3)  Authorizing the appointment of an advisory committee; and

(4)  Authorizing the appointment of an Executive Director.

The Department of Accounting and General Services, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Royal Order of Kamehameha, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the King Kamehameha Celebration is a major tourism event and the Commission presently receives significant funding from the Hawaii Tourism Authority.  Should the Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure further, your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts respectfully requests that it consider detaching the Commission from the Department of Accounting and General Services and administratively attaching the Commission to the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

     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. 2277, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair