STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3514

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 3217

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 3217, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KUPUNA RECOGNITION DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to recognize the many contributions of "kupuna," the people of Hawaii's ancestors and elders, by establishing a Kupuna Recognition Day.

Kupuna Recognition Day would be celebrated on the fourth Saturday of July and would not be construed as a state holiday.

Your Committee finds that kupuna play a significant role in enriching Hawaii's culture, history, and traditions. This measure will recognize their valued contributions to the diversity and heritage of Hawaii.

For the purpose of facilitating further discussion, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the appropriation section of the measure; and

(2) Amending the effective date from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

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 H.B. No. 3217, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3217, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair