STAND. COM. REP. NO.  713-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1975

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1975, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support international relations by establishing a Legislative Protocol Fund to welcome and extend protocol courtesies to visiting international dignitaries and government officials.

 

     The Representative of the 17th District and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1975, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1975, H.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair