STAND. COM. REP. NO.  283-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2467

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. 2467 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE MICROBE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to recognize Flavobacterium akiainvivens as an organism unique in origin to Hawaii by establishing and designating it as the official microbe of the State.

     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. 2467 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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