STAND. COM. REP. NO. 204________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1698
                                     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.B. No. 1698 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII KAI PERFORMING ARTS
     AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of
general obligation bonds of an unspecified amount to design a
Hawaii Kai Performing Arts and Technology Center at Kaiser High
School.

     Testimony in support of the bill was submitted by the Kaiser
High School School-to-Work Office, the Hawaii State Parent
Teacher Student Association, the Hawaii Film and Entertainment
Board, and nine individuals.  A petition supporting the bill
contained numerous signatures.  Also testifying in support of the
bill, Kaiser High School recommended inserting the amount of
$500,000 for the design of the facility.

     Your Committee finds that Kaiser High School does not have a
theater, even though it was originally part of the design for the
school.  The facility proposed in this bill will expand
opportunities in theater and technology for students, as well as
provide an arts center for residents of East Honolulu.

     The bill has been amended by:


 
 
 
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     (1)  Deleting participation by the State Foundation on
          Culture and the Arts in the project;

     (2)  Inserting the figure of $500,000 as the amount for
          which general obligation bonds are authorized;

     (3)  Authorizing funds to be used for plans and design
          rather than only designing; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1698, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1698, H.D.
1, and be referred to the Committee on Education.

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



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                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair