REPORT TITLE:
Okinawan Centennial Commission


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriation to the Okinawan Centennial Celebration Commission.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE OKINAWAN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that people of Okinawan
 
 2 descent began arriving in Hawaii in January 1900.  Okinawan
 
 3 Americans and their ancestors have contributed significantly to
 
 4 the development of Hawaii as both a territory and a State.  The
 
 5 year 2000 will mark the 100th anniversary of the arrival of
 
 6 Okinawan people to Hawaii.
 
 7      In commemoration of this event, an Okinawan centennial
 
 8 celebration commission was formed pursuant to S.C.R. No. 159,
 
 9 H.D. 1 (1998), to coordinate the various Okinawan American
 
10 organizations that plan to celebrate this historic occasion.
 
11      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate $200,000 to the
 
12 Okinawan centennial celebration commission to prepare for the
 
13 many statewide activities planned for the celebration.
 
14      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
15 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $200,000, or so much
 
16 thereof as may be necessary, for fiscal year 1999-2000, for the
 
17 purpose of funding the Okinawan centennial celebration commission
 
18 and its activities.
 
19      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 

 
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 1 state foundation on culture and the arts for the purposes of this
 
 2 Act.
 
 3      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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 5                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________