STAND. COM. REP. 2706

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2380

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2380 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ART MUSEUM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the establishment of the State Art Museum.

In addition, this measure statutorily establishes the mechanism that provides operational funding for the museum and conforms chapter 9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, with the duties of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts concerning Art in Public Places, the relocatable Works of Art Program, and the State Art Museum.

Your Committee finds that to fully implement the operations of the State Art Museum and its amenities, the proposed revisions to chapter 9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are necessary to conform with the existing law for the Works of Art Special Fund. These amendments clarify the roles and responsibilities of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts with respect to the State Art Museum. This measure also clarifies and updates various existing and new duties imposed by law on the Foundation regarding the Art in Public Places and Relocatable Works of Art Programs as well as the State Art Museum and its programs and operations.

Your Committee amended this measure by:

(1) Adding a provision to establish a nonprofit entity called "Friends of the Hawaii State Art Museum" to enhance and support the museum through programs and fundraising activities; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2380, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2380, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair