STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1047-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.C.R. No. 36

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on International Affairs and Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 36 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO INITIATE STATE RELATIONS WITH THE STATE OF RABAT-SALÉ-ZEMMOUR-ZAËR, KINGDOM OF MOROCCO,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Governor to initiate state relations with the Moroccan state of Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër.

The Muslim Association of Hawaii, Sister Cities International, and four individuals supported this concurrent resolution.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the title, to properly state the role of the Legislature in establishing sister-state relationships, to read:

"AUTHORIZING and requesting the governor to ESTABLISH A SISTER-state relationship BETWEEN the state of HAWAII of the UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF rabat-salÉ-zemmour-zaËr of the kingdom of morocco";

(2) Adding a provision offering sister-state privileges and honors to Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër;

(3) Providing that the sister-state relationship with Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër continue until July 1, 2009; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on International Affairs and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 36, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 36, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on International Affairs and Legislative Management,

 

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair

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HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair