STAND. COM. REP. NO.  576

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1666

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1666 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to implement the mandate of the Hawaii Constitution that native Hawaiian culture and language be preserved and promoted by requiring that the Hawaiian words in all state and county documents, letterheads, emblems, and symbols, when newly created, replaced, reprinted, or otherwise revised, be accurate, appropriate, and authentic.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamehameha Schools, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Removing documents prepared by or for state or county agencies or officials, from the requirements of this bill; 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 Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1666, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1666, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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MELE CARROLL, Chair