STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1277

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1392

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

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

     More specifically, this measure:

(1)  Appropriates an unspecified amount to the ‘Ulu‘ulu:  The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i special fund for fiscal biennium 2013-2015; and

(2)  Authorizes an appropriation of an unspecified amount from the special fund to support the activities of the Archive.

     Your Committee finds that this measure enables the ‘Ulu‘ulu:  The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i to continue to educate individuals about the history of Hawaii.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2150, to encourage further discussion on the measure.

     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 H.B. No. 1392, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1392, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair