STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1497-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2897

S.D. 2

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. 2897, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HONOLULU BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL ARTS EXHIBITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support culture and the arts in Hawaii by appropriating funds for the Honolulu Biennial 2019, an international arts exhibition that will be staged on the islands of Oahu and Hawaii, and focuses on and celebrates art from the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas.

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Galerie 103 LLC, Honolulu Botanical Gardens, Nella Media Group, Oahu Economic Development Board, and several concerned individuals 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. 2897, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 2, 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