STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2322

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3125

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 3125 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and three individuals.

     Your Committee finds that improvements should be made to the organization and operation of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.  A financial and management audit will provide guidance to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts as it clarifies its role and duties and improves operations.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by additionally requiring the Auditor to determine best management practices for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Technology and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3125, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3125, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Technology and the Arts,

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair