STAND. COM. REP. NO. 592

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 116

       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. 116, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Tourism Authority to support traditional Hawaiian arts and cultural activities, including Hawaiian music, dance, and arts and crafts.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from Mike McCartney, Hawaii Tourism Authority.

     Your Committee finds that this measure furthers the objective of continued support by the tourism industry of the perpetuation and preservation of Hawaiian cultural practices and values by authorizing the Hawaii Tourism Authority to support and promote Hawaiian pre-contact arts and cultural activities.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the issue.

     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. 116, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 116, 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