STAND. COM. REP. NO. 405
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 459
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. 459 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND ARTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to promote and preserve culture and the arts in Hawaii. Specifically, this bill appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to:
(1) Alleviate the impact of previous reductions in general fund appropriations to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts;
(2) Include seventeen Title I schools in the Artists in the Schools Program; and
(3) Continue educational efforts in cultural preservation through a partnership with the Edith Kanakaole Foundation, University of Hawaii Biographical Research Center, PBS Hawaii, and the Maui Arts and Cultural Center.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting purpose language identifying the need for culture and the arts in Hawaii and the loss of funding experienced by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts;
(2) Replacing the amounts of all appropriations with unspecified sums;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(4) 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. 459, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 459, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 |
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