STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1898-18

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2693, S.D. 1, H.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 Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) for expenditure by the Temporary Commission on the Thirteenth Festival of Pacific Arts to plan for the Festival of Pacific Arts, which will be held in Honolulu from June 11 to June 27, 2020.

DBEDT, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, Kamehameha Schools, Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, Hawai‘i Lodging and Tourism Association, Pa‘i Foundation, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i supported this measure.

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. 2693, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair