STAND. COM. REP. NO. 764

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1074

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1074 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to provide support for the task force established to plan and coordinate the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Hawaii State Capitol.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, ILWU Local 142, and Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies.

 

     Your Committee finds that in 2016, the Legislature established a task force to plan and coordinate the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Hawaii State Capitol, which was dedicated on March 15, 1969.  Your Committee further finds that this measure will provide the necessary resources to commemorate the event and inform future generations of the Capitol's significance as a symbol of the State.

 

     As received by your Committee, this measure appropriated $250,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum for fiscal year 2018-2019.  Your Committee questions the necessity of appropriating funds over two fiscal years, and respectfully suggests that a subsequent committee hearing this measure consider whether a one-time appropriation would be more appropriate.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation from $250,000 to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

 

     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. 1074, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1074, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair