Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 492 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate money for the upcoming biennium for Honolulu Symphony to restore education programs and the Ohana Concert Series.

Testimony in support of this measure was received by the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, City Bank, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, Honolulu Symphony, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, Honolulu Symphony Society, Musician's Association of Hawaii, Screen Actors Guild Hawaii Branch, Unity House, Inc., and members of the public. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) submitted testimony in support of the bill with reservations, as the SFCA indicated that funding for the symphony's operations should not in any way further diminish support to the SFCA Grants Program.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 492, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 492, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.