STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1644

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.C.R. No. 37

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 37 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COMPTROLLER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Comptroller, in consultation with the Director of Finance, to submit a report to the Legislature on the process and procedures for the transfer of funds to the Works of Art Special Fund.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Your Committee finds that this measure will clarify the existing process and procedures on calculating the one percent to be transferred to the Works of Art Special Fund in a more efficient, accurate, and timely manner.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding the Attorney General and Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts as additional individuals to be consulted by the Comptroller for purposes of submitting a report to the Legislature;

(2) Requiring the report to also include:

(A) An identification of qualifying construction and renovation projects that have not calculated and transferred the correct amount to the Works of Art Special Fund; and

(B) A description of a process established within the Department of Budget and Finance for the Comptroller to ensure correct calculations are transferred pursuant to section 103-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(3) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 37, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 37, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs,

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ADRIAN K. TAM, Chair