STAND. COM. REP. NO.  575-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2051

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2051, 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 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)  Broadening the criteria for the works of arts to be commissioned; and

(2)  Changing the expending agency to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, to which $250,000 is appropriated for each year of the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium.

The Department of Accounting and General Services, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO supported this measure.  

     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 H.B. No. 2051, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair