STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2576
Honolulu, Hawaii
S.D. 2
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2620, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow works of art that are acquired using monies from the works of art special fund to be exhibited and maintained in public buildings, including federal, state, and county buildings.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation and American Institute of Architects.
Your Committees find that allowing works of art that are procured by monies from the works of art special fund to be displayed in public buildings will increase appreciation for art and broaden the viewing audience, particularly for the neighbor islands.
Your Committees note the concerns expressed by the Department of Transportation that any capital improvement construction appropriation contributed by the Department of Transportation's Airports Division to the works of art special fund that is not solely used to enhance airport facilities would be considered a "revenue diversion", in violation of the Federal Aviation Administration's regulations.
Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2620, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2620, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Ways and Means,
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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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