STAND. COM. REP. NO. 201________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 746
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture and the Arts, to which was
referred H.B. No. 746 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HULA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill designates hula as the official
dance of the State of Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Japan Hula Association, Halau
Hookipa Aloha, and Ka Leo O Na Hula, A.C.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Culture and the Arts that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 746 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Culture and the
                                   Arts,



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                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair