STAND. COM. REP. NO.109

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 880

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 880 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer the State Capitol Tour Service from the Office of the Governor to the Legislature.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from "Uncle Joe," Renwick Valentine Iliilipuna Tassill, who has been conducting capitol tours for nearly two decades.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii State Capitol Building was designed and constructed to showcase the history and geography of the Hawaiian Islands. The capitol building is as unique as our islands and our people, and its story has enchanted thousands of visitors and residents over the years.

Your Committee finds that Uncle Joe's wonderful tours and the capitol tour program belong in the Legislature, and not in the Governor's Office. Therefore, your Committee supports this measure, so that Uncle Joe and his successors can share the history and tradition of the capitol building with visitors for years to come.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 880 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair