STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3426

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 52

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.R. No. 52 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PLAN AND COORDINATE THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a task force to plan and coordinate the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Hawaii State Capitol.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     Your Committee finds that March 19, 2019, will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Hawaii State Capitol.  Your Committee further finds that a coordinated and organized semicentennial celebration of the Hawaii State Capitol will help to encourage public appreciation of the history of the building and the significance of its architecture and artwork.

     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.R. No. 52 and recommends its adoption.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair