STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1228

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 279

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 279 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO TO SEEK GRANT MONEYS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING NATIVE HAWAIIAN PLANT SPECIES IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to help encourage the responsible and successful incorporation of native Hawaiian plant species in public spaces by requesting the University of Hawaii (UH) at Hilo to seek available resources to study the feasibility of incorporating native Hawaiian plant species in capital improvement projects.

 

     The Chancellor of UH at Hilo supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 279 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Chair