STAND. COM. REP. NO. 927-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1807

H.D. 2

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. 1807, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the Works of Art Special Fund's one percent transfer requirement to exclude the construction of site work.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from CARES. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; King Kamehameha Celebration Commission; one member of the Hawaiʻi County Council; Hawaii Arts Alliance; Kauaʻi Museum; East Hawaii Cultural Center; HULI PAC; Maui Dance Council; Kean Arts Inc.; Hawaiʻi Contemporary; Hawaii Craftsmen; Kahilu Theatre Foundation; Kamamo House; Maui Arts & Cultural Center; IATSE 665; and numerous individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the exclusion of the construction of site work from the Works of Art Special Fund's one percent transfer requirement and instead applying the requirement to capital improvement appropriations for the original construction of state buildings;

(2) Adding two appropriations for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to support performing arts initiatives and the expansion of arts programming in schools; and

(3) 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1807, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1807, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair