STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1561

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   S.B. No. 699

      S.D. 2

      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 Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 699, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL TOURS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish within the Public Access Room of the Legislative Reference Bureau a State Capitol Tours Program.

 

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

 

     Your Committee finds that providing tours of the State Capitol would help visitors to the building gain a better appreciation and understanding of its architecture and symbolism and the democratic process.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Establishing the State Capitol Tours Program within the Office of the Governor, rather than the Public Access Room;

 

     (2)  Amending the blank appropriation in this measure to:

 

          (A)  Establish two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions within the Office of the Governor to provide Capitol tours and requiring that fluency in the Hawaiian language be a qualification for one of the positions; and

 

          (B)  Appropriate funds for the procurement, cleaning, operation, and maintenance of individual audio systems for self-guided tours and the production of tour materials and signage available in English and non-English languages;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; 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 Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 699, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 699, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair