STAND. COM. REP. NO.  700-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2492

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2492, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawaii at Manoa by appropriating funds for:

     (1)  One full-time equivalent tenure track professor (1.0 FTE) in the Hawaiian theatre program;

     (2)  Two full-time staff positions (2.0 FTE), one of whom shall serve the department's costume shop, and one of whom shall serve the department's scene shop;

     (3)  The hiring of guest artists and instructors;

     (4)  The department's Asian theatre program; and

     (5)  Production support, including basic shop supplies.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and many individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  Several individuals provided comments.

     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. 2492, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair