STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 151-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2813

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2813 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure the constitutionally and ethically mandated preservation of the native Hawaiian language and culture by requiring that:

(1) All newly created or reprinted state and county letterheads and, whenever possible, documents contain the accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and language printed above the English translations; and

(2) All new computers, computer operating systems, other software, and upgrades purchased for or by any state or county agency or official be capable of generating, printing, displaying, storing, and searching for Hawaiian names and words that use the macron and glottal stop without purchasing or installing additional software.

Hui Ho'oulu, Inc., and the Hawaiian Political Action Council of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2813 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

		____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair