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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Iolani Palace is the only royal palace in the United States in which a reigning monarch lived; and
WHEREAS, Iolani Palace is an icon of the State of
Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, Iolani Palace should be one of the State's most protected historical sites due to its importance to the people of Hawaii, and especially to Hawaii's host culture and the Native Hawaiian people; and
WHEREAS, the grounds of Iolani Palace should be revered as highly as the Palace itself; and
WHEREAS, thousands of tourists
visit Iolani Palace annually, and many have noted that among the most notable
palaces worldwide, Iolani Palace is the only royal palace that contains a
parking blacktop upon its grounds; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Department of Accounting and General Services is urged to submit to the Legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2026, a cost analysis and proposed legislation, if necessary, for removing the blacktop, parking area, and paid parking adjacent to Iolani Place; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be
transmitted to the Comptroller of the Department of
Accounting and General Services, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural
Resources, and Executive Director of the Friends of Iolani Palace.
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OFFERED BY: |
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