STAND. COM. REP. NO. 904

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 545

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 545, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to create a temporary commission to plan for the thirteenth Festival of Pacific Arts to be held in Honolulu from June 11 to June 27, 2020.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Tourism Authority; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; the Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club; Kamehameha Schools; and one concerned individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Festival of Pacific Arts will place Hawaii in the spotlight, bringing attention to the State's creative arts economy while also providing the opportunity for cultural exchange to advance topics of global relevance.  The festival will bring together delegations from approximately twenty-seven Pacific island nations for events, activities, and performances.  By highlighting Hawaii's arts, culture, design, and music, the festival will help position the State as a hub of creative and cultural importance in the Pacific.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Including as a member of the commission a person with experience in cultural and international affairs, to be selected by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community;

 

     (2)  Removing from the commission:

 

          (A)  The executive director of the PA'I Foundation; and

 

          (B)  The additional members who were to have been selected by the chairperson of the commission;

 

     (3)  Providing that the commission shall select one of its members to serve as chairperson;

 

     (4)  Removing the names of specific organizations from the provision requiring the commission to solicit funds from private and public sources;

 

     (5)  Appropriating unspecified sums for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to support the activities of the commission;

 

     (6)  Requiring the commission to report to the Legislature on its annual activities no later than twenty days prior to the regular sessions of 2018, 2019, and 2020; and

 

     (7)  Changing the effective date to April 20, 2041, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     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. 545, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 545, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair