STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1205

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 261

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 261, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a Museum of Hawaiian Music and Dance to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian culture and to appropriate funds for the design and construction of the museum.

 

     The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii Tourism Authority, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.  A concerned individual provided comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the name of the museum to the Museum of Music, Dance, and Cultural Arts;

 

     (2)  Adding the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, of OHA as a member of the committee;

 

     (3)  Establishing a 21-member task force to develop the museum;

 

     (4)  Requiring that funds be matched by private and federal sources; and

 

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 261, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 261, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts,

 

 

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair