STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3029

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2764

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2764, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to transfer the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii International Film Festival, and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from SAG-AFTRA Hawaii Local, IATSE Local 665, and two individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Your Committee finds that the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts are currently housed within the Department of Accounting and General Services. Your Committee further finds that transferring the Commission and Foundation to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism will improve administrative efficiency and facilitate the operations of the transferred entities.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2764, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair