STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1593_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 119
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture and the Arts, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 119 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION
     ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO PREPARE A PLAN TO GENERATE
     REVENUES FOR THE FOUNDATION TO SUPPLEMENT ITS BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this House Concurrent Resolution is to
request the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) to
prepare a plan to generate revenues for the foundation to
supplement its budget.

     Testimony in support of this House Concurrent Resolution was
submitted by the SFCA.

     Your committee recognizes the important role that the SFCA
has within the arts community and in perpetuating the unique
culture and arts of Hawaii.

     Your committee further recognizes the critical importance of
culture and the arts to the visitor experience in Hawaii.  Unique
in all the world, Hawaii's culture and the arts need to be
showcased for all to learn from, experience, and enjoy.

     In these times of severe fiscal constraints, where the SFCA
has sustained massive budget cutbacks, which have resulted in
much hardship for many long standing culture and arts programs,

 
 
 
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it is important to explore new sources of funding and or means of
generating revenue.

     Your committee has amended the measure by:

     (1)  Making technical, nonsubstantitive revisions for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Culture and the Arts that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 119, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto
as H.C.R. No. 119, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Culture and the
                                   Arts,



                                   ______________________________
                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair