STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1593-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2499

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2499, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TARO,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the establishment of kalo as the official state plant by making Act 36, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007 effective only upon the completion of community dialogue with Native Hawaiians, students from all islands, and those who identify themselves as Hawaiians, to be completed by the Department of Education through its existing curriculum.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian affairs testified in support of this bill, with amendments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2499, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair