STAND. COM. REP. NO. 597

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 261

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 261, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a museum of Hawaiian music and dance design committee to prepare specifications for the design of a museum of Hawaiian music and dance.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Richard C. Lim, Interim Director, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and Mike McCartney, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Hawaii Tourism Authority.  Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Gregory Swartz.

     Your Committee finds that the establishment of a museum of Hawaiian music and dance will act to preserve and perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and promote an appreciation for these art forms.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to:

     (1)  Change the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the issue; and

     (2)  Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 261, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 261, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair