STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1320

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1735

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Taxation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1735, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HAWAII'S RANCHING COMMUNITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this Act is to establish a temporary Waiomina Centennial Celebration Commission, within the Office of the Governor, to have charge of all arrangements for the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Championship of 1908.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Waimea Community Association and one individual.

 

     Your Committee notes that the Hawaii ranching community has made significant and substantial contributions to Hawaii's economic and cultural vitality.  Since the arrival of cattle and horses in 1793 and 1803, respectively, the multiethnic culture and proud heritage of the livestock industry has been, and will continue to be, a positive influence upon life in Hawaii.

 

     In 1908, Eben Low, a Hawaii rancher, picked three of the best Hawaiian cowboy ropers, known as paniolo, that he could find and entered them in the Frontier Days Rodeo at Cheyenne, Wyoming ("Waiomina" in the Hawaiian language).  They took first, third, and sixth places in steer roping, and the cowboy world on the continental United States was stunned.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to continue the discussion on its merits.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Taxation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1735, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1735, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Taxation,

 

 

 

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair