STAND. COM. REP. NO.  968-16

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 Finance, 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 its duties by:

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

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

(3)  Authorizing the appointment of an advisory committee to advise the Commission Chairperson on the historical and archival background of the Commission; and

(4)  Authorizing the appointment of an Executive Director to the Commission.

The Department of Accounting and General Services; The Royal Order of Kamehameha, Chapter One; and an individual 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 H.B. No. 2277, H.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