STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2049

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 532

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 532 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MOOKINI LUAKINI, INC,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to Mo‘okini Luakini, Inc., for hosting of Children's Day in Kohala.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from five individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure supports a vital piece of Hawaii's history by providing children with an educational and cultural experience during the annual Children's Day.  Children's Day has been hosted by Mo‘okini Luakini, Inc., for approximately 35 years.  In any year, there have been between 600 and 1,300 children who visit the historical site.  Funding assistance for this cultural event helps to ensure it will remain an educational and cultural experience for children.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the date of the appropriation to reflect fiscal year 2016-2017;

     (2)  Inserting an ‘okina to reflect Mo‘okini Luakini, Inc.'s actual business name; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2016.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 532, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 532, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair