STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3382

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 96

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 96, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ALI‘I MEMORIAL ART ADVISORY TASK FORCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish an Ali‘i Memorial Art Advisory Task Force to discuss ways to honor Hawaiian ali‘i.

     More specifically, the measure requests the task force to discuss:

     (1)  Placement of the Spirit of Lili‘uokalani statue to best exemplify Queen Lili‘uokalani's majesty; and

     (2)  Commissioning permanent works of art commemorating King Kamehameha I, King Kamehameha II (Liholiho), King Kamehameha III (Kauikeaouli), King Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho), King Kamehameha V (Lot Kapuaiwa), King Lunalilo, King Kalakaua, and Queen Lili‘uokalani with their likeness and descriptions and including kahili and pulo‘ulo‘u as symbols of rank and appropriate lighting for security and enhancement of the art.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Prince Kuhio Hawaiian Civic Club.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     Your Committee finds that it is appropriate to evaluate ways to remember and honor the ali‘i of the Hawaiian Kingdom, who are a source of pride for the State and, particularly, the Hawaiian people.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by providing that the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, rather than the Administrator of the same, shall be requested to be a member of the task force, as provided in the original version of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 96, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 96, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair