STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3130

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2741

       H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Higher Education and the Arts and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate monies for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish an arts in the military program.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Office of Veterans Services; Department of Defense; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Hawai‘i Arts Alliance; Soundtable Entertainment, Inc.; and seven individuals.

     Your Committees find that this measure provides greater access to the arts for the military community and makes a significant contribution to the quality of life for veterans, active duty military, and their dependents.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and the Arts and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and the Arts and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair