STAND. COM. REP. NO.2883

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1942

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1942 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF FILIPINOS TO HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a temporary commission to arrange for the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of the arrival of the first Filipinos to Hawaii. The commission would be composed of fifteen members appointed by the Governor and be allowed to seek grants from public and private sources to finance the celebration activities.

Your Committee received testimony in favor of this measure from Ilocos Surian Association of Hawaii, Big Island Filipino Community Council, Congress of Visayan Organizations, and an individual.

Your Committee finds that the Filipino community has enriched Hawaii with its culture and contributed to the economic, social, and political life of the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the excessively broad civil liability immunity provisions for commission members.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1942, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1942, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair