STAND. COM. REP. NO.  260

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 762

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 762 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASHINGTON PLACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect and preserve the historic residence known as Washington Place, a center of social and political life in the Hawaiian Islands for over a century.  Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Statutorily establishes the Department of Accounting and General Services as the agency responsible for preserving and protecting Washington Place, including the grounds, and the historic residence situated on its premises;

     (2)  Establishes the Washington Place Trust Fund to pay for the administration, operation, management, and maintenance of Washington Place; and

     (3)  Prohibits moneys in the Washington Place Trust Fund to be transferred to the general fund or any other fund in the State treasury.

The Department of Accounting and General Services testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 762, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 762, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair