STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2779

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2897

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to support events that promote art.

More specifically, this measure makes an appropriation to the Honolulu Biennial Foundation to fund the Honolulu Biennial 2019.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that the Honolulu Biennial is 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.

Your Committee notes that an appropriation in the amount of $400,000 has been requested for the Honolulu Biennial 2019.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair