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HI HCR172
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Lopresti
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AI Summary
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Requests the Hawaii Sister-State Committee and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to evaluate the Sister-State Program and provide recommendations for improving capacity and sustainability of international relationships.
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Directs the evaluation to focus on promoting mutually beneficial international relationships that stimulate economic benefits, cultural and educational exchange, and goodwill.
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Requires consultation with specified Senate committees (Judiciary; Economic Development, Tourism, & Technology) and House committees (Veterans, Military & International Affairs, and Culture & the Arts; Economic Development & Business).
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Mandates the report be delivered to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2019.
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Notes the Sister-State Program includes seventeen formally established relations dating back to 1981, with an eighteenth relation with Goa, India awaiting formal signing.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Hawaii Sister-state Committee And Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Evaluate The Sister-state Program And Make Recommendations To Improve The Capacity And Sustainability Of The Efforts To Promote Mutually Beneficial International Relationships.
Requesting that the Hawaii Sister-State Committee and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism submit a repo
Last Action
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evans, C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, McKelvey, Mizuno, Say, Souki, Tokioka excused (9).
3/23/2018