STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1297

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 203
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 203 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF
     HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND HISTORICAL
     SIGNAGE FOR THE KING KAMEHAMEHA I STATUE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs pay for the creation and placement of historical
signage for the King Kamehameha I Statue.

     The King Kamehameha Celebration Commission, the entity
responsible for the statue, had no objections to the concept of
posting historic signage but did object to not being included in
the decision making over the text and placement of any such
signage.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs opposed adoption of the
measure.

     Your Committee finds that the King Kamehameha I Statue is
one of Hawaii's most popular tourist and resident attractions,
with, perhaps, a thousand people (including school children),
visiting the site daily.

     Astonishingly, in light of the importance of this historical
figure to the people of Hawaii, the area surrounding the King
Kamehameha I Statue contains no information indicating that
Kamehameha I was a king, when he lived, what he accomplished, or
his stature in Hawaiian history.

 
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     Your Committee believes that the establishment of historical
signage near the King Kamehameha I Statue would offer a
significant benefit for Hawaii's visitor industry and a source of
pride for residents of the State.

     In light of the concerns presented by the entity responsible
for the statue, your Committee has amended the measure by
including the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission within the
transmittal clause and by making a technical, nonsubstantive
amendment for the purpose of style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of S.C.R. No. 203, as amended herein, and recommends that
it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means in the form
attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 203, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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