STAND. COM. REP. NO.  946

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 678

      S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 678, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HAWAII'S MOVING IMAGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to preserve moving images in Hawaii and support the activities of the ‘Ulu‘ulu:  The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i (Archive) by:

     (1) Making a general fund appropriation of an unspecified amount for fiscal year 2013-2014 and for fiscal year 2014-2015 into the ‘Ulu‘ulu: The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i Special Fund (Special Fund); and

     (2) Authorizing the appropriation of an unspecified amount for fiscal year 2013-2014 and for fiscal year 2014-2015 out of the Special Fund to support the activities of the Archive. 

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, University of Hawaii-West Oahu, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     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. 678, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

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