STAND. COM. REP. NO. 977

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1256

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Higher Education and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1256, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation out of the works of art special fund for the establishment of four full-time equivalent positions (4.0 FTE) at the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, and five individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

     Your Committee finds that this measure seeks to establish the four staffing positions at the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts that were lost in 2009 and 2010.

     Your Committee further finds that in the 2014 Audit of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Office of the Auditor noted the design of a sound implementation plan and accountability structure were critical to the ultimate success of a strategic planning process.  Adequate and proper staffing are significant factors in this implementation plan.

     Your Committee further finds that compliance with the regulations of the works of art special fund require the duties and responsibilities of each of the four positions to be directly related to the purpose and mission of the special fund.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting language to require that the duties and responsibilities of each of the four positions created be directly related to the purpose and mission of the works of art special fund.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1256, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1256, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair