STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1710-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.R. No. 100

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 100 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO RENAME THE RUSSIAN FORT ELISABETH STATE HISTORICAL PARK IN WAIMEA, KAUA‘I, AS "PA‘ULA‘ULA","

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Board of Land and Natural Resources to rename the Russian Fort Elisabeth State Historical Park in Waimea, Kaua‘i as "Pa‘ula‘ula."

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, County of Kaua‘i Council Services Division, Ke One O Kakuhihewa, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 100 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair