STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1336-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 128

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.C.R. No. 128 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A SURVEY AND EVALUATION OF ARTIST RELOCATION PROGRAMS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR CREATION IN THE STATE OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to determine the feasibility of creating an economic sector around artist, craft persons, performing artists, writers, and the culture they create by requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a survey and evaluation of artist relocation programs and the potential for the creation of such a program in Hawaii.

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported this measure.  The Legislative Reference Bureau submitted comments on this measure.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 128 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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