STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3258

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1940

H.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1940, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION 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 out of the Works of Art Special Fund to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for the integration of works of art projects into several major capital improvement projects.

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

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from three individuals.

Your Committee finds that while the growing cost of state construction has resulted in increased revenue to the Works of Art Special Fund, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is unable to address the rising demands of contributing state departments for culture and arts programs and services because the budget ceiling remains static. This measure will allow the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to expand its works of arts projects by increasing the appropriation ceiling of the Works of Art Special Fund.

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. 1940, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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