STAND. COM. REP. NO. 309-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2346

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. 2346 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists in the amount of not less than $25,000.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that between 1995 and 2008, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts provided fellowships in the areas of visual and performing arts. These fellowships provided recognition and financial support for individual artists and celebrated Hawaii's creativity. Your Committee further finds that investing in the State's cultural economy contributes to the State's overall economy. This measure appropriates funds that will enable the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to support and recognize artists in Hawaii.

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. 2346, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2346, 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