STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1476

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 141

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 S.C.R. No. 141 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO DISPLAY ALL WORKS OF ART IN ITS COLLECTION AND TO MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET PHOTOGRAPHS AND INFORMATION OF EVERY WORK OF ART IN THE FOUNDATION'S COLLECTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to display all works of art in its collection and to place photographs and information of the works of art on the Internet.

     Your Committee finds that approximately one quarter of the works of art owned by the State are not displayed.  Your Committee also finds that some members of the public may have difficulty accessing the displayed works of art, finding information on the works of art, or ascertaining a particular work of art's current location.  Your Committee believes that urging the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to display all works of art, including by placement on the Internet, will help to fulfill the purpose of the State's purchase of art pieces by allowing more people to access the State's art collection.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 141 and recommends its adoption.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair