STAND. COM. REP. NO.  871-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2593

      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. 2593 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO URBAN ART,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enrich the State's communities and take a positive step toward the reduction of graffiti by expanding opportunities appropriate for this type of creative social expression by creating a pilot program for the creation of urban art on state property under the direction of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

The Department of Transportation and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion and 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 H.B. No. 2593, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2593, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair