STAND. COM. REP. NO.1092

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 150

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 150, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer the State Capitol Tour Service from the Office of the Governor to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA).

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and the SFCA.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii State Capitol Building was designed and constructed to showcase the history and geography of the Hawaiian Islands. The capitol building is as unique as our islands and our people, and its story has enchanted thousands of visitors and residents over the years.

Your Committee further finds that the SFCA recently opened the Hawaii State Art Museum at the No. 1 Capitol District Building. Your Committee supports the SFCA's plans to locate the capitol tours program within the Capitol District Visitors Information Center at the No. 1 Capitol District Building, which is scheduled for completion in Fall, 2004.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 150, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair