STAND. COM. REP. NO. 749

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 880

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 880, 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 measure is to fund a temporary committee to establish the museum of Hawaiian music and dance.  This measure provides the criteria to determine the appropriate type of institution that should be established, its location, and possible financing mechanisms, and requires an initial business plan for the museum of Hawaiian music and dance.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts submitted comments in support.  The Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that a museum of Hawaiian music and dance would preserve and perpetuate the Hawaiian culture, as well as promote appreciation for various art forms for present and future generations.  The committee would report is findings and recommendations to the Legislature before the 2008 regular session.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date of the measure to July 1, 2007.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 880, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 880, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair