STAND. COM. REP. NO.  300

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1441

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1441 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect and promote the Hawaiian culture by establishing the Museum of Music and Dance Committee to prepare plans for the construction of a museum of music, dance, and cultural arts.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and an individual provided comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1441 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair