STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1923

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1532

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1532, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CULTURE AND ARTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish the Hawaii Leadership Awards Program to honor persons who have made considerable and outstanding contributions to the State in their respective fields and who serve as an inspiration to others;

 

     (2)  Establish the Hawaii Leadership Awards Selection Committee to select awardees; and

 

     (3)  Appropriate funds to establish and administer the Hawaii Leadership Awards Program, to be expended by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1532, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair