STAND. COM. REP. NO. 641

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 869
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 869 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON
     CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Clarify the roles of the commission, executive
          director, and foundation staff of the State Foundation
          on Culture and the Arts (SFCA); and

     (2)  Specify that the agencies receiving capital improvement
          appropriations are responsible for calculating the
          percentage amount due to the Works of Art Special Fund.

     The Legislative Auditor submitted testimony in support of
this measure, noting that the measure deletes by amendment
provisions staggering the terms of members of the commission and
that those provisions may no longer be necessary.  The SFCA
submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the penalty provisions allowing the
          Comptroller to assess penalties against another agency;
          and


 
 
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     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.
 
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 869, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 869, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair