STAND. COM. REP. NO.  825

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1256

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1256, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the management of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (Foundation) to ensure accountability, accessibility, and protection of its art and cultural resources by establishing and funding four full-time equivalent positions in the Foundation.

Several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services testified in opposition to this measure.  The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Office of the Auditor provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that the four full-time equivalent positions within the Foundation will be funded by a biennium appropriation from the Works of Art Special Fund, rather than the general revenues of the State; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1256, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1256, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair