STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1520

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 614

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 614, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS OF ART,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to honor the memory of the late United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye and the late United States Representative Patsy T. Mink and to use their examples to inspire current and future generations by:

(1)  Requiring the Comptroller and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to commission permanent works of art to portray the life, vision, accomplishments, impact, and legacy of these individuals; and

(2)  Appropriating $250,000 for each year of the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium to carry out the purposes of this measure.

The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO, supported this measure.  The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts submitted comments.

     It is your Committee's intent that as this measure moves through the legislative process, consideration be given to honoring the memories of other former members of Hawaii's Congressional delegation through permanent works of art.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 614, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 614, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair