STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1899

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 162

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 162, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect and preserve the history of the Hawaiian monarchy by:

 

(1)  Designating Iolani Palace as the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History;

 

(2)  Exempting the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History from the standards and conditions related to the receipt of funds contained in Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

(3)  Requiring the Friends of Iolani Palace to submit annual reports to the Legislature on the use of state funds; and

 

(4)  Authorizing the Comptroller and State Auditor to examine the use of state funds appropriated to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History.

 

     The Friends of Iolani Palace and Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 162, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 162, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair