STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3107

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 57

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 57 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a working group to develop recommendations and report to the 2013 Legislature regarding the administrative placement of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to build upon the current mission of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and incorporate Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism expertise and support for:

     (1)  Leveraging public-private financing;

     (2)  Developing a strategic plan to expand Hawaii's community arts organizations; and

     (3)  Developing a sustainable funding model to support increased investment in cultural, heritage, and arts programming throughout the State.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     Your Committee finds that given its importance to Hawaii residents and tourists alike, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts will benefit from a balanced and unbiased scrutiny of its infrastructure and organizational integrity.  Your Committee has considered recommendations regarding the most appropriate agency to convene the working group, and additional issues to be considered.

     Your Committee has amended this measure accordingly, by:

     (1)  Amending the title to read:  "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS";

     (2)  Deleting references of a transfer of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism;

     (3)  Requesting the Department of Accounting and General Services to convene the working group, rather than the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism;

     (4)  Requesting the working group to recommend changes to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts programs and infrastructure, including broadening the scope of the agency and renaming it, to further the effective implementation of the stated objectives;

     (5)  Requesting the working group to collaborate with interested stakeholders from cultural, heritage, and arts agencies, including the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Tourism Authority; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and Bishop Museum;

     (6)  Adding the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaii Tourism Authority; and Bishop Museum to those agencies receiving a certified copy of this measure; and

     (7)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 57, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 57, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

____________________________

CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair