STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2798

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2959

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Government Operations and Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2959 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE STATE ARCHIVES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate $500,000 to develop a State archives master plan to include the expansion and creation of new collections processing and storage, administrative, public research, exhibition, and community engagement spaces.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii State Public Library System, The Queen's Health Systems, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, Kamehameha Schools, Bishop Museum, ‘Aha Pūnana Leo, Papa Ola Lōkahi, Mālama ‘Āina Foundation, Partners in Development Foundation, Awaiaulu Inc., Filmworks Pacific, The Pacific Arts Foundation, Nā Hawai‘i ‘Imi Loa, Historic Hawaii Foundation, and seven individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from The Friends of Iolani Palace.

Your Committees find that it is the intent of this measure for the State archives to include fellow operators of historic sites within the Capitol Historic District in the development of the State archives master plan because of their shared interests in preserving historical records and artifacts and to ensure that any exterior changes to buildings are compatible with the surrounding operations and character of this historic area.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting a blank appropriation amount; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Government Operations and Labor, Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2959, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2959, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Government Operations and Labor, Culture and the Arts,

________________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

________________________________ LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair