STAND. COM. REP. NO. 119-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2063

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2063 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ART MUSEUM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to implement the operations of the State Art Museum (Museum) and its amenities by:

(1) Incorporating the Museum and the Art in Public Places and Relocatable Works of Art programs (Programs) into the duties of The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (Foundation); and

(2) Clarifying the duties of the Foundation as they relate to the operations of the Museum and the Programs.

The Foundation and Hawaii Consortium for the Arts submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Creating a citizens group, called the Friends of the Hawaii State Art Museum, to support the work of the Museum;

(2) Creating the Friends of the Hawaii State Art Museum Trust Fund to support the Museum's operations; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct

drafting errors and for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2063, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2063, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair