STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1319

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 99

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 99 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SISTER STATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE PREFECTURE OF HOKKAIDO, JAPAN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Governor to authorize the establishment of a sister-state relationship, as advised by the Hawaii Sister State Committee, between Hawaii and the Prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan.

 

     The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Hokkaido Club Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 99 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair