STAND. COM. REP. NO.  925-24

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2024

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1939

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1939, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ARTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to provide greater access to the arts for children and communities in need, with a focus on those affected by the Maui wildfires.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Maui Arts & Cultural Center; and two individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1939, 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