STAND. COM. REP. NO.  165-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2618

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2618 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

(1)  Clarify that the requirement that one percent of all capital improvement appropriations for state buildings be transferred to the Works of Art Special Fund (Special Fund) applies only to construction and not renovation appropriations;

 

(2)  Specify that fifty percent of Special Fund expenditures be used solely to support art facilities, equipment, and supplies in public schools;

 

(3)  Require the Auditor to audit the Special Fund and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts on the price and value of acquired art objects and how they are acquired; and

 

(4)  Appropriate funds for art appraisal services to assist the Auditor in preparing the required audit report.

 

     The Department of Accounting and General Services, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and Hawaii Art Alliance submitted comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2618, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2618, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Education.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair