STAND. COM. REP. NO. 453

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 504

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 504 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the repair, restoration, and maintenance of Iolani Palace's coronation pavilion.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, Iolani Palace, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Iolani Palace's coronation pavilion is one of Hawaii's most historic, iconic, and culturally important features. Recently, the coronation pavilion has been used for the inauguration of the Governor of the State and via permit, for community and cultural events throughout the year, which allows Iolani Palace to generate funds to support management and maintenance costs. However, the coronation pavilion is in need of structural repair. This measure would appropriate funds for the repair, restoration, and maintenance of Iolani Palace's coronation pavilion, which will allow the community to continue to utilize this culturally significant structure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an appropriation amount of $500,000 to the Department of Accounting and General Services and adding the repair, restoration, and maintenance of two pergolas and the fountain to the authorized use of the funds.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 504, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 504, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair