STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1136-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 189

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 189 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION TO ADD HAWAIIAN DIACRITICAL MARKS WHERE APPROPRIATE TO ALL STREET SIGNS AND PLACE NAME SIGNS ALONG HIGHWAYS AND ROADWAYS UPON THE REPLACEMENT OF SUCH SIGNS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to acknowledge the importance of the Hawaiian language to the State and promote the proper use of Hawaiian place names by urging the Department of Transportation and the relevant county agencies to add appropriate Hawaiian diacritical marks to street signs and place name signs as they are replaced in the normal course of business.

The Department of Transportation submitted comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 189 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Transportation.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KANIELA ING, Chair