STAND. COM. REP. NO. 628
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1177
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 Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1177, S.D. 1, 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 appropriate moneys from the works of art special fund to the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish four full-time positions.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center and eight individuals. Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of the Auditor, Department of Accounting and General Services, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and two individuals.
Your Committee finds that the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is responsible for a collection of nearly six thousand three hundred pieces of art and about $3,000,000 per year in works of art special fund revenues. Your Committee further finds that a recent audit of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts found that it needs to improve its management to ensure the accountability, accessibility, and protection of these important resources. Accordingly, your Committee finds that this measure will allow the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to address the audit's findings by appropriating moneys to hire four additional staff to help carry out the foundation's mission.
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. 1177, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair |
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