STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1142-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 161

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.C.R. No. 161 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MONUMENT IN HILO ON STATE LAND IN HONOR OF THE LATE SENATOR GILBERT KAHELE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to honor and recognize the public service of the late Senator Gilbert "Gil" Kahele to the State, island of Hawaii, and the City of Hilo by requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to authorize the establishment of a monument on a state-owned site on the point of the Naniloa Hotel dock area.

A concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Aha Moku Advisory Committee submitted comments on this measure.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 161 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

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