STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2051

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2268

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2268 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUEEN LILIUOKALANI,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to modify the memorial statue of Queen Liliuokalani on the grounds of the State Capitol to bear the years of her coronation and death, rather than the years of her coronation and the overthrow of the Government of Hawaii, as the inscription currently reads.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that Queen Liliuokalani's kingdom was overthrown with the aid of the United States military, and she was imprisoned in her own palace.  Despite the political turmoil and personal distress that marked the Queen's reign, Queen Liliuokalani never relinquished her sovereignty and remained the monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom until her death.

 

     Your Committee notes that testimony from the Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts indicates that the Department of Accounting and General Services has a sufficient sum of money and the necessary expertise to modify the statue according to this measure. 

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2268 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair