STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1336

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1185
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Culture and the Arts and Higher
Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1185, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE AQUARIUM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to postpone from June 30, 1999,
to June 30, 2004, the changeover in management over the state
aquarium.

     ACT 187 (SLH 1997) stipulates that the transfer of the
managment of the state aquarium from the University of Hawaii to
a non-profit corporation occur before June 30, 1999. Negotiations
toward a management agreement between the University of Hawaii
and the Friends of the Waikiki Aquarium have been stalled due to
the proposal to relocate the state aquarium to Kakaako.  It is
unlikely that the Kakaako aquarium issue will be resolved before
June 30, 1999.   

     The director of the Waikiki Aquarium testified in support of
the version of House Bill 314 (heard previously by your
committee), which allows the current management arrangements at
the state aquarium to continue indefinitely.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Your committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the deadline date for the changeover in
          management over the state aquarium.

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for purposes
          of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Culture and the Arts and Higher Education that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1185, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1185, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Culture and the
                                   Arts and Higher Education,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DAVID MORIHARA, Chair              K. MARK TAKAI, Chair