STAND. COM. REP. NO.  748-20

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2020

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1947

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II, which will be observed on September 2, 2020.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, USS Missouri Memorial Association, Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, and one individual.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair