STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1531-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.R. No. 106

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 106 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF A SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii Sister-State Committee to evaluate and develop recommendations for the initiation of a sister-state relationship with the city of Auckland, New Zealand.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee finds that a sister-state relationship with Auckland, New Zealand, will be highly beneficial to Hawaii economically and culturally and will allow the State to further develop bonds of goodwill, friendship, and economic relations on an international level.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting the Hawaii Sister-State Committee to form a sister-state relationship with the Auckland Region, New Zealand, rather than the city of Auckland, New Zealand; and

(2) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 106, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 106, H.D. 1.

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

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CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair