Bill Text: HI SCR72 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting The Establishment Of A Hawaii-taiwan Friendship Taskforce To Explore Ways To Strengthen, Improve, And Expand Economic, Cultural, And Educational Relations Between Hawaii And Taiwan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-22 - Certified copies of resolutions sent. [SCR72 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SCR72-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the establishment of a Hawaii-taiwan friendship taskforce to explore ways to strengthen, improve, and expand economic, cultural, and educational relations between Hawaii and Taiwan.
WHEREAS, Taiwan and Hawaii have an established sister-state relationship since 1993, and sister-city or sister-county relationships have been established between Honolulu and Kaohsiung City, Maui County and Pingtung County, Hawaii County and Hualien County, and Kauai County and Penghu County; and
WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii Office in Taipei and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu have worked together to promote cooperation and exchanges in tourism, agriculture, culture, education, and trade; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan's export and import volume reached $500,000,000,000 and $300,000,000,000, respectively, in 2022, and the International Monetary Fund ranks Taiwan as the twenty-second largest economy in the world; and
WHEREAS, before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Taiwanese citizens made over seventeen million trips abroad; and
WHEREAS, with loosening travel restrictions, there is tremendous potential for Taiwanese visitors to Hawaii to further help revitalize Hawaii's tourism sector; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, Taiwan was Hawaii's tenth-largest trade partner, with exports to Hawaii totaling $54,000,000, and imports from Hawaii totaling $13,000,000; now, therefore,
BE IT
RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii,
Regular Session of 2023, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Office
of the Governor is requested to establish a Hawaii-Taiwan Friendship Taskforce;
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii-Taiwan Friendship Taskforce is requested to explore ways to strengthen, improve, and expand economic, cultural, and educational relations between Hawaii and Taiwan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii-Taiwan Friendship Taskforce is requested to comprise nine members as follows:
(1) Three members appointed by the Governor;
(2) Three members appointed by the President of the Senate; and
(3) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Hawaii‑Taiwan Friendship Taskforce are requested to elect a chair and vice chair from among the members; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii-Taiwan Friendship Taskforce is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii-Taiwan Friendship Taskforce shall cease to exist on June 30, 2025; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu.
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Hawaii-Taiwan Friendship Taskforce; Report
