STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1011-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2620

      S.D. 2

      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 Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2620, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase appreciation for art in Hawaii and broaden the viewing audience, particularly for the Neighbor Islands, by allowing works of art that are acquired using money from the Works of Art Special Fund to be exhibited and maintained in public buildings, including federal, state, and county buildings.

The Mayor of the County of Maui, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu Museum of Art, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  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 S.B. No. 2620, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2620, S.D. 2, 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