STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1455-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.R. No. 186

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.R. No. 186 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE LONG-STANDING CULTURAL HAWAIIAN PRACTICE OF SUN-DRYING FISH TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PRESERVE THIS CULTURAL PRACTICE WHILE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Health to conduct a study on the long-standing cultural Hawaiian practice of sun-drying fish and to determine what can be done to preserve this cultural practice while protecting the public's health.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 186 and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair