Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1348 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to invest in culture and the arts in Hawaii by appropriating $1,500,000 for the Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center.

Numerous concerned citizens supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation amount to $1 to promote further discussion. Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1348, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1348, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.