STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1732

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 545

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 545, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a temporary commission to plan for the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts to be held in Honolulu from June 11 to June 27, 2020.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Hawaii Tourism Authority; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Kamehameha Schools; Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaiian Affairs Caucus; and one individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding a repeal date of June 30, 2022; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 545, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 545, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair