STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1019

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1392

       H.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1392, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to support the ‘Ulu‘ulu: The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu and five individuals.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

     Your Committees find that the Moving Image Archive is the State's official archive for moving images and support the efforts of the Archive to care for, preserve, and digitize film and videotape related to the history and culture of Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1392, H.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair