Bill Text: HI SB2896 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The 150th Anniversary Of The First Arrival Of Japanese Emigrants To Hawaii.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). [SB2896 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2896-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST ARRIVAL OF JAPANESE EMIGRANTS TO HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. This Act is recommended by the
governor for immediate passage in accordance with section 9 of article VII of
the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
SECTION
2. This year marks the one hundred
fiftieth anniversary of the arrival in Hawaii of the first group of organized
Japanese immigrants, known as the gannenmono. The gannenmono, or
"first year men", arrived in Hawaii from Yokohama, Japan, in June
1868. The State should provide adequate
and timely funding to celebrate this historic event.
The
purpose of this Act is to make an emergency appropriation to the department of
business, economic development, and tourism for the 2018 gannenmono
celebration.
SECTION
3. There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $150,000 or so much thereof
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 for celebrations of the one
hundred fiftieth anniversary of the arrival in Hawaii of the first group of
organized Japanese immigrants, known as the gannenmono.
The
sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic
development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on June 15, 1215.
Report Title:
Japanese Emigrants; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Gannenmono; Emergency Appropriation
Description:
Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the 2018 Gannenmono Celebration. (SB2896 HD1)
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