STAND. COM. REP. NO.  98-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2373

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2373 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MOOKINI HEIAU,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve the grounds of the Mookini Heiau by appropriating $150,000 to install a full sprinkler system to cover the grassy area of the Mookini Heiau, and the nearby Kamehameha birthsite.

 

     Mo'okini Luakini, Inc., supported the intent of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2373 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair