STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2017-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 121

S.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts and Economic Development & Business, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 121, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO EVALUATE THE SISTER-STATE PROGRAM AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii Sister-State Committee and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to evaluate the Sister-State Program and make recommendations for improvements.

Your committees received testimony in support from the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts and Economic Development & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 121, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts and Economic Development & Business,

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair

____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair