STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1277

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 475

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 475, H.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 funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for the Art in Private Places Program and to establish one position for the Foundation.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Your Committee finds that providing works of art in public spaces allows residents and tourists to appreciate the State's cultural heritage. Presently, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts displays sixty-eight percent of its collection, allowing thousands of people to view the State's art history at various public institutions. However, providing additional access to the arts through partnerships with private institutions and places will allow for greater exposure of art. This measure provides greater accessibility to the arts to share Hawaii's artistic heritage.

Your Committee also finds that the performing arts, which include singing, dancing, theater, and musical performances, provide engaging experiences and opportunity to share meaningful stories of Hawaii's history and culture, and should be recognized as an artistic medium within the purview of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language that establishes the Art in Private Places and Performing Arts Committee within the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts;

(2) Requiring the Art in Private Places and Performing Arts Committee to establish an Art in Private Places Pilot Program;

(3) Requiring the Art in Private Places and Performing Arts Committee to establish a Performing Arts Pilot Program under which the Committee will solicit, review, and select grant proposals for performing arts grants;

(4) Requiring the Art in Private Places and Performing Arts Committee to submit annual reports to the Legislature;

(5) Inserting language that establishes the Performing Arts Special Account to be utilized for the coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events;

(6) Including the Performing Arts Pilot Program and the coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events within the purposes of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts;

(7) Defining "performing arts"; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 475, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 475, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair