STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1385

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1396

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1396, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to support the preservation of Japanese-American history in the State.

 

     More specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Appropriates an unspecified amount to the University of Hawaii at West Oahu for the planning, design, and construction of the Nisei Veterans Legacy Center;

 

(2)  Requires the University of Hawaii at West Oahu to report to the 2014 Legislature on the status of the Nisei Veterans Legacy Center, including the status of public and private grants or donations;

 

(3)  Appropriates an unspecified amount to continue the work of the Honouliuli Park Site Advisory Group and requires the group to report to the 2014 Legislature, regarding recommendations to leverage funding for an educational resource center and the status of designating the camp site and associated sites as part of the United States National Park Service;

 

(4)  Conditions expenditure of all appropriations in the measure on the funds being matched by private or public grants or donations; and

 

(5)  Requires the Director of Finance to verify the value of any in-kind donation made for the purposes of the measure.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure supports and facilitates the design and construction of the Nisei Veterans Legacy Center and the efforts of the Honouliuli Park Site Advisory Group to continue its work to preserve the Honouliuli Internment Camp site and develop an educational center and memorial.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the requirement for the Director of Finance to determine the value of in-kind donations; and

 

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1396, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1396, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair