STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1501-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2693

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2693, S.D. 1, 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 appropriate funds to the Temporary Commission on the Thirteenth Festival of Pacific Arts to plan for the Festival of Pacific Arts, to be held in Honolulu from June 11 to June 27, 2020.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Lodging and Tourism Association, Oiwi TV, Pa‘i Foundation, Royal Hawaiian Center, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to June 15, 1215, to facilitate further discussion.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2693, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2693, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and 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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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair