STAND. COM. REP. NO.  164-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2492

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2492 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance by appropriating specified sums for:

 

(1)  One full-time tenure track instructor in the Hawaiian Theatre Program;

 

(2)  Two full-time staff positions, one each for the costume shop and the scene shop;

 

     (3)  Hiring guest artists and instructors;

 

     (4)  The Asian Theatre Program; and

 

     (5)  Production support.

 

     The Halelea Arts Foundation, University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance, Hawaii Pacific University Theatre Program, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting all the specified sums in the appropriations for the various purposes; and

 

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

 

     Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts respectfully requests that it consider the following appropriations for the specified purposes for the University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance:

 

     (1)  $105,000 for one full-time tenure track instructor in the Hawaiian Theatre Program;

 

     (2)  $126,000 for two full-time staff positions, one to serve in the costume shop and the other, in the scene shop;

 

     (3)  $140,000 for guest artists and instructors;

 

     (4)  $130,000 for the Asian Theatre Program; and

 

     (5)  $135,000 for production support, including basic shop supplies.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2492, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2492, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Higher Education.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair