Bill Text: HI SB579 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Hawaiian Language; Letterhead; Symbols; Emblems

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB579 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB579-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1069

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 579

      S.D. 2

      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 Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 579, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to promote the use of the Hawaiian language by requiring that, beginning January 1, 2011:

 

     (1)  All state and county letterheads and documents must include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and words; and

 

     (2)  The Hawaiian language must be used on all symbols and emblems representative of the State and the counties.

 

     The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of this bill.  One concerned individual offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Removing documents from the items required to include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and words; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 579, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 579, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

		____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair