STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1320

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 158

      H.D. 1

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. 158 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DECLARATION OF THE CELLANA EXARATA SHELL AS THE HAWAII STATE SEA SHELL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure, as it was received by your Committee, is to express the Legislature's support for declaring the cellana exarata shell as the Hawaii state sea shell.

     For purposes of a public hearing on this measure, your Committee made available to the public a draft of Proposed H.C.R. No. 158, H.D. 1 and notified the public that testimony would be accepted on it.  The proposed draft requests the Governor to authorize the establishment of a sister-state relationship, as advised by the Hawaii Sister State Committee, between Hawaii and the Region of Grand Casablanca of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Testimony on Proposed H.C.R. No. 158, H.D. 1, was as follows:  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported its intent.  The Muslim Association of Hawaii supported it with amendments.

     Your Committee, after careful consideration, has amended the measure as received by your Committee by deleting its contents and substituting therefor, the provisions of Proposed H.C.R. No. 158, H.D. 1.  Your Committee has further amended Proposed H.C.R. No. 158, H.D. 1, by:

     (1)  Changing references to the Region of Grand Casablanca to the State of Dakhla of the Region of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira of the Kingdom of Morocco, including changing the measure's title to read:

          "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND THE HAWAII SISTER STATE COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE STATE OF DAKHLA OF THE REGION OF OUED ED-DAHAB-LAGOUIRA OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO;"

     (2)  Specifying that the Governor of Dakhla, rather than the Governor of Grand Casablanca, shall receive a copy of this Concurrent Resolution; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 158, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 158, H.D. 1.

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