STAND. COM. REP. NO. 293

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1073

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on International Affairs and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 1073 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to support the artist fellowship program which awards fellowships to promising artists.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the artist fellowship program provides one-time fellowships to local individuals in the areas of visual and performing arts.  The fellowships create recognition and financial support for the artists.  Your Committee further finds that the artist fellowship program contributes greatly to Hawaii's rich cultural landscape.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on International Affairs and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1073 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on International Affairs and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair