STAND. COM. REP. 268

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 150

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 150 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to return the State Capitol Tour Service from the Office of the Governor to the Legislature.

Prior to the renovations of the State Capitol, the State Capitol Tour Service was a function of the Legislature. Act 218, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 1991, temporarily transferred this function to the Office of Information within the Governor's Office "until the state capitol renovation project is completed." This bill fulfills the intent of Act 218 by transferring the State Capitol Tour Service from the Office of Information back to the Legislature.

One individual testified in support of this bill. The Governor's Office, the Department of Accounting and General Services, and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) opposed this measure.

Since October of 2000, a group known as the Capitol Cultural District Partners has sought to determine how best to coordinate access to the various cultural institutions, public art, and historic places within the Capitol District through a comprehensive tour package. This group originally consisted of individuals from the Capitol Tours Program, as well as Iolani Palace, Washington Place Museum, Mission Houses Museum, Aloha Tower Marketplace, and the Judiciary History Center. SFCA is also involved with this group.

Your Committee encourages this group to help clarify the role of the State Capitol Tour Service as it relates to the broader context of other tours within the Capitol District.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Inserting the sum of $1 for the purpose of continued discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of style.

The Committee on Finance may want to consider repealing Act 218, SLH 1991, as an alternative approach to this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 150, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 150, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair