STAND. COM. REP. NO.249

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1257

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1257 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEI DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to officially recognize May 1 as "Lei Day in Hawai'i".

A concerned citizen commented on this bill.

Your Committee finds that in 1928, May 1 was designated as "May Day Is Lei Day"; and it has since been a day of pageantry and a time for the wearing and displaying of lei throughout Hawai'i. "May Day Is Lei Day" has become a part of Hawai'i's multi-cultural identity.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1257, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass

 

 

 

Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1257, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,

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JERRY CHANG, Chair