STAND. COM. REP. NO.  624-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2817

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2817, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ART,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help support a continuing infusion of new art into the state by permitting the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to dispose of works of art acquired by the State at public auction.

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts offered comments.

     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. 2817, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair