Bill Text: HI SR47 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Requesting Every Commercial Or Public Building Located On Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Land To Display A Work Of Art Commemorating Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole And A Description Of His Achievements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-02 - Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). [SR47 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-SR47-Amended.html

THE SENATE

S.R. NO.

47

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING EVERY COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC BUILDING LOCATED ON DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TRUST LAND TO DISPLAY A WORK OF ART COMMEMORATING PRINCE JONAH KŪHIŌ KALANIANAOLE AND A DESCRIPTION OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS.

 

 


     WHEREAS, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole, known throughout the Hawaiian islands as Prince Kūhiō, focused his life on the welfare and prosperity of his constituency and especially that of his own people, the Native Hawaiians; and

 

     WHEREAS, to prevent the further decline of the Native Hawaiian population, Prince Kūhiō spearheaded the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act to provide housing and communities for the Native Hawaiian people through a government-sponsored homesteading program; and

 

     WHEREAS, in 1921, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act was enacted and the United States set aside approximately 200,000 acres of land to establish a permanent homeland for Native Hawaiians; and

 

     WHEREAS, Prince Kūhiō's legacy endures to this day, with 10,000 beneficiary lessees currently living on Hawaiian homestead land and another 23,000 on the waiting list; and

 

     WHEREAS, Prince Kūhiō's efforts, accomplishments, and vision for the Hawaiian people should be commemorated; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, that every office building, school, hospital, shopping center, or other commercial or public building located on Department of Hawaiian Home Lands trust land is requested to display a commemorative work of art including but not limited to photographs, statues, or paintings of Prince Kūhiō, and a description of his achievements; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chair of the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

Report Title: 

Prince Kūhiō; Hawaiian Homelands

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