STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3203

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 111

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 111 entitled:

"SENATE 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 and intent of this measure is to request that the Legislative Reference Bureau:

     (1)  Conduct a survey and evaluation of artist relocation programs and the potential for creation of such a program in the State of Hawaii; and

     (2)  Report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2017.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

     Your Committee finds that artist relocation programs may present an opportunity to promote arts and culture, as well as economic development in the State.  Your Committee further finds that this measure will provide the Legislature with better information about how and if the State should implement an artist relocation program in Hawaii. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Limiting the survey and evaluation of artist relocation programs to those run by state governments; and

     (2)  Requesting that the Legislative Reference Bureau consult with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Creative Industries Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism in conducting its survey and evaluation.

     Your Committee notes the Legislative Reference Bureau's concern about the scope of the survey and evaluation, and has added the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Creative Industries Division to this measure so that these offices can help to narrow the scope of the Bureau's survey and evaluation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 111, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 111, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair