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HI HCR179
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Ken Ito
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AI Summary
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Establishes a task force within the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to plan and coordinate celebration of the 150th anniversary of Japanese emigration to Hawaii, marking June 20, 2018 (the date 153 Japanese emigrants arrived aboard the vessel Scioto in 1868).
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Task force consists of 11 members: three selected by the Senate President (with at least one senator), three by the House Speaker (with at least one representative), five by the Governor, and the Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts as an ex officio member.
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Task force must develop and execute program activities commemorating the anniversary from January 1, 2018 through September 4, 2018, and submit a report to the Legislature at least 20 days before the 2018 Regular Session.
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Requires eight members for quorum with six affirmative votes needed for decisions; task force is exempt from Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 92 and members are not considered state employees.
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Task force dissolves on June 19, 2019.
Legislative Description
Establishing A Task Force To Plan And Coordinate The Celebration Of The One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary Of The First Arrival Of Japanese Emigrants To Hawaii.
Task Force
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Oshiro, Say, Thielen excused (4).
3/29/2017