STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1729

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 284

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on International Affairs and Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 284 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO ESTABLISH A SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAWAII AND THE PROVINCE OF LIMA, PERU,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Governor to establish a sister-state relationship between Hawaii and the province of Lima, Peru.

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Specifying that the Governor is requested to establish a sister-state relationship through the Hawaii Sister-State Committee between Hawaii and the province of Lima, Peru;

 

(2)  Amending its title to read: "REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO ESTABLISH A SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE HAWAII SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE BETWEEN HAWAII AND THE PROVINCE OF LIMA, PERU";

 

(3)  Including the Ambassador of the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C., Honorary Consul of Peru in Hawaii, and Chairperson of the Hawaii Sister-State Committee to the list of persons to receive certified copies of this concurrent resolution; and

 

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on International Affairs and Economic Revitalization & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 284, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 284, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on International Affairs and Economic Revitalization & Business,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

 

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KAREN L. AWANA, Chair