STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2632

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2887

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2887 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for events recognizing the twenty-fifth anniversary of the sister state relationship between Hawaii and Taiwan.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii and Taiwan enjoy numerous and longstanding business, cultural, educational, and historic ties that should be celebrated in events recognizing the twenty-fifth anniversary of the sister state relationship between Hawaii and Taiwan. Your Committee notes that your Committees on Judiciary and Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology previously approved an appropriation of $75,000 for this purpose.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $75,000 to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the matter; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2887, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2887, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair