Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1390 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to sustain and develop vital community programs in culture, the arts, history, and the humanities by appropriating $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 and $2,081,939 in fiscal year 2006-2007 to support the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts' (HSFCA) Biennium Grants Program.

Hawaii Consortium of the Arts, Tim Bostock Productions LLC, Ebb & Flow Arts, VSA Arts of Hawaii-Pacific, Honolulu Dance Theatre, World Music Association, Diamond Head Theatre, The ARTS at Marks Garage, Alliance for Drama Education, Ohia Productions, Graphic House, Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education, Hawaii Theatre for Youth, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. HSFCA, Department of Accounting and General Services, Garden Island Arts Council, and a concerned individual offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1390, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1390, H.D. 1.