STAND. COM. REP. NO. 339

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 915

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 915 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special license plates commemorating Duke Kahanamoku.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that Duke Kahanamoku should be recognized for his contributions to the State. Duke was a lifeguard, a record-setting swimmer, a four-time Olympic medalist, a sheriff of the City and County of Honolulu, a world-renown surfer, and the State's original ambassador of aloha. He has been inducted into the Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame, U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, International Swimming Hall of Fame, and International Surfing Hall of Fame. It is therefore appropriate that he be honored with a special license plate to further promote his legacy of aloha.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 915, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 915, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair