STAND. COM. REP. NO.  640

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1089

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1089, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KALO APPRECIATION MONTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to designate the month of October as Kalo Appreciation Month to promote kalo cultivation and appreciation.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1089, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair