STAND. COM. REP. NO.  207

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1392

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1392 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HAWAII'S MOVING IMAGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to preserve moving images in Hawaii and support the activities of the ‘Ulu‘ulu:  The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i (Archive) by:

     (1)  Making a general fund appropriation of $236,203 for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the same sum for fiscal year 2014-2015 into the ‘Ulu‘ulu:  The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i Special Fund (Special Fund); and

     (2)  Authorizing the appropriation of $236,203 for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the same sum for fiscal year 2014-2015 out of the Special Fund to support the activities of the Archive.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, University of Hawaii-West Oahu, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of funds deposited into and authorized to be expended from the Special Fund from $236,203 to an unspecified amount;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1392, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1392, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair