STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1122

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 967

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 967, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MUSEUM OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian culture by establishing a temporary Museum of Hawaiian Music and Dance Committee (Museum Committee), comprised of 11 members, to conduct an assessment to determine:

(1) The type of institution that would be appropriate for a Museum of Hawaiian Dance and Music (Museum);

(2) The best location or locations for this Museum; and

(3) Possible financing mechanisms for the Museum.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) and the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (HSFCA) supported this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Clarifying the intent of the bill by requiring the Museum Committee to complete an initial business plan for the Museum;

(2) Establishing that costs of the administrative support for the Museum Committee are to be shared equally by HTA, HSFCA, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs;

(3) Clarifying that of the three members of the Committee appointed by:

(A) The President of the Senate, at least two members shall be practitioners or former practitioners of Hawaiian music and dance, and at least one member shall be a member of the Hawaiian Academy of Recording Artists or kumu hula; and

(B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Speaker), at least two members shall be practitioners or former practitioners of Hawaiian music and dance, and at least one member shall be a member of the Hawaiian Academy of Recording Artists or kumu hula;

(4) Deleting the provision establishing that no more than two representatives of the general community be appointed by the Speaker and the President of the Senate to the Committee; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

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 S.B. No. 967, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 967, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

		____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair