STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1331-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.R. No. 77

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.R. No. 77 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE/PROVINCE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PROVINCE OF AKLAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a relationship with the Province of Aklan, Republic of the Philippines, by authorizing and establishing a sister-state/province relationship, as advised by the Hawaii Sister-State Committee, between the State of Hawaii and the Province of Aklan.

 

     The Consulate General of the Republic of the Philippines, Honolulu, Aklan State University, and Aklan Cultural Society of Hawaii Foundation supported this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism submitted comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by correcting a typographical error in the spelling of the Province of Isabela.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 77, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 77, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair