Bill Text: HI HB1666 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Hawaiian Language; Letterheads; Emblems; Symbols

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1666 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1666-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  929

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1666

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1666, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the preservation and promotion of native Hawaiian culture, history, and language as provided for in the Hawaii Constitution by requiring that the accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and language, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation with macrons and glottal stops be included on:

 

     (1)  All letterheads prepared by or for State or County agencies or officials, effective January 1, 2011, provided that any revision to conform any letterhead existing on or before January 1, 2011, to the requirements, may be implemented when the letterhead requires replacement or reprinting, or otherwise requires revision; and

 

     (2)  All emblems and symbols representative of the State, its departments, agencies, and political subdivisions, effective January 1, 2011, provided that for existing symbols and emblems, conformance may be delayed until a replacement is required.

 

     The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services provided comments.

 

     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. 1666, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair