STAND. COM. REP. NO.  976-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2618

      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. 2618, H.D. 1, 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 shall 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, value, and means of acquisition of State-owned art objects; and

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

The Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation; Department of Accounting and General Services; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; American Institute of Architects; and a concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the substantive provisions of this measure, except for the clarification that the requirement that one percent of all capital improvement appropriations for state buildings be transferred to the Special Fund applies only to construction and not renovation appropriations; 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. 2618, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2618, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair