STAND. COM. REP. NO. 72-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2347

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. 2347 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide funding for the development of a master plan to address the current and future facilities of the Hawaii State Archives.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Hawaii State Archives.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii State Archives fulfills an important role as the keeper of public records and the repository of important records and artifacts from the Hawaiian Kingdom to the present. Your Committee further finds that the Hawaii State Archives' existing facilities are outdated and prevent the Hawaii State Archives from fully performing its duties and functions to serve the State and the public.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the general obligation bond issuance to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2044, to encourage further discussion; and

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

Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, should it deliberate this measure further, to consider authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in the sum of $1,000,000 for the development of a master plan to address current and future facilities needs of the Hawaii State Archives.

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. 2347, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2347, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs,

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CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair