CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 78-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    H.B. No. 2051

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2051, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to continue the work initiated to honor the late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye and the late U.S. Representative Patsy T. Mink through commissioning permanent works of art to honor their legacies and their contributions to the people of Hawaii.  Specifically, this measure amends Act 281, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the permanent work of art portraying the life, vision, accomplishments, impact, and legacy of Senator Daniel K. Inouye need not be a three-dimensional work of art;

     (2)  Clarifying that the designs for the works of art portraying Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Representative Patsy T. Mink need not include their likeness at some stage of their life;

     (3)  Deleting the requirement that the work of art portraying Senator Daniel K. Inouye be installed for unveiling on the second anniversary of his death;

     (4)  Appropriating an unspecified sum for the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium to commission the works of art; and

     (5)  Changing the expending agency for the funds for the commissioning of artwork from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Reinserting the sum of $250,000, originally appropriated for each year of the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, and specifying that this sum be appropriated only for the 2014-2015 fiscal year; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2014.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2051, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2051, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair	____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Co-Chair
____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair	____________________________ JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Co-Chair