Report Title:

Historic Preservation; Historic Japanese Temples

Description:

Appropriates funds to refurbish each historic Japanese-style Buddhist temple in Hawaii.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2489
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to historic buildings.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that, in 1885, when the Japanese began migrating to Hawaii to work on the sugar plantations, they brought with them a religious tradition that is reflected in the architecture of many Buddhist temples throughout the State.

Elaborately decorated Buddhist temples were built as early as the 1920s and served as a place to practice and preserve Japanese religious and cultural beliefs.  Original carvings, interior furnishings brought from Japan, and intricate details characterized the highly talented architectural work of Japanese craftsmen who built these temples.

The purpose of this Act is to preserve the heritage and architecture of our State, as reflected in the Japanese-style Buddhist temples found throughout Hawaii.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $        or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 for the refurbishment of each historic Japanese-style Buddhist temple in Hawaii.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of accounting and general services through the state foundation on culture and the arts for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2008.

INTRODUCED BY:

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