STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1206

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 116

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to nurture and support Hawaiian culture by authorizing the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to support and promote traditional Hawaiian arts and cultural activities, including Hawaiian music, dance, and arts and crafts.

     HTA, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Papa Ola Lokahi supported this bill.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Requiring HTA to:

          (A)  Consider establishing or designating a place in which the residents of Hawaii, particularly native Hawaiians, can gather to take part in, support, and promote traditional Hawaiian arts and cultural activities, such as traditional Hawaiian music, dance, and arts and crafts; and

          (B)  Submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the Regular Session of 2012;

          and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts,

____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair