STAND. COM. REP. NO. 721-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1890

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1890 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SISTER STATE AND PROVINCE RELATIONSHIPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to foster international relations by statutorily establishing a Hawaii sister-state committee to recommend sister-state or sister-province relationships for the Legislature's action.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1890, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1890, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair