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HI HR104

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/10/2017

Primary Sponsor

Ken Ito

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a task force within the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to plan and coordinate celebration of the 150th anniversary of Japanese emigrants' arrival to Hawaii on June 20, 1868.

  • Task force composition includes 3 members selected by Senate President (at least one Senator), 3 members selected by House Speaker (at least one Representative), 5 members selected by Governor, and the Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts as ex officio member.

  • Task force must develop and coordinate program activities celebrating the anniversary from January 1, 2018 through September 4, 2018, with 8 members constituting a quorum and 6 affirmative votes required for decisions.

  • Task force must submit a report to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2018 Regular Session, detailing planned and executed events, implementation plans, and recommendations for disbursement of public funds.

  • Task force is exempt from Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92, members are not considered state employees, and the 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

Committee Referrals

Finance3/29/2017
Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts3/14/2017

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