STAND. COM. REP. NO.  691-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2741

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY IN THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide greater access to the arts for the military community and to make a significant contribution to the quality of life of the military community in Hawaii by appropriating funds to establish an Arts in the Military Program.

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii Opera Theater, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Defense and Office of Veterans' Services 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. 2741, H.D. 1, 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