STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3067

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2731

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2731, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to support the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii Tourism Authority, and Bishop Museum.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum has lost significant operating revenue due to a decrease in visitors during the pandemic and is in need of additional funds. As the Museum is a distinguished institution and is officially designated as the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History, your Committee believes that an appropriation to support the Museum is warranted.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $2,000,000 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the 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. 2731, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2731, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair