STAND. COM. REP. NO.  661

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 135

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 135 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE INSECT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to designate the pulelehua, also known as the Kamehameha butterfly, as the official insect of the State.

 

     Several 5th grade students of Pearl Ridge Elementary School testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 135 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOEY MANAHAN, Chair