STAND. COM. REP. NO.2578

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2938

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2938 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF FILIPINOS TO HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a commission to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the arrival of Filipinos to Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that Americans of Filipino ancestry have a long and proud heritage. Since the arrival of the first Filipinos in 1906, Filipinos in Hawaii have excelled in every field of endeavor and have figured prominently in the ethnic balance of modern Hawaii.

This bill establishes a temporary commission that will be in charge of all arrangements for the commemoration including duties to:

(1) Prepare an overall program celebrating the centennial anniversary;

(2) Identify a nonprofit organization responsible for moneys received and expended for the celebration; and

(3) Develop, plan, and coordinate various program activities scheduled during the celebration.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2938 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair