STAND. COM. REP. NO.  236

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1552

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1552 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support the efforts of the Family Celebration Commission to administer the celebration of 2008 as the Year of the Family.  This bill appropriates funds for the operating costs of the Commission.

 

     The Ohana Project of the American Family Coalition of Hawaii, Hawaii Family Forum, and the Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the appropriation amount to encourage further         discussion; and

 

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

 


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1552, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1552, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair