STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1754-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2569

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2569 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 allow additional time for the development of a Museum of Hawaiian Music and Dance by extending the interim and final reporting deadlines for reports to be submitted to the Legislature by the Museum of Hawaiian Music and Dance Committee (Museum Committee).

     The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by extending the existence of the Museum Committee by one year, from June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2009.

     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 S.B. No. 2569, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2569, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair