STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 310-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 1765
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1765 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Papa Ola Lokahi, Kua‘aina Ulu ‘Auamo, ‘Aha Ho‘ona‘auao ‘Ōiwi Hawai‘i, Iolani Palace, Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, Institute for Native Pacific Education & Culture, Kanaeokana Network, and Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.
Your Committee finds
that the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is the largest museum in the State and
the premier natural and cultural history institution in the Pacific. Your Committee further finds that additional
funding is necessary to address badly damaged and deteriorated buildings on the
Bishop Museum's campus that help preserve and protect the more than twenty-five
million catalogued objects that represent the rich history and culture of the
State and greater Pacific region.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2044,
to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments
for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1765, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1765, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs,
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____________________________ CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair |
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