Bill Text: HI HR15 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Management And Financial Audit Of The Hawaii Film And Creative Industries Development Special Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-08 - Referred to CAI, FIN, referral sheet 17 [HR15 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HR15-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	15
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of the hawaii film and creative industries development special fund.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, film festivals have helped support Hawaii filmmakers by promoting new and emerging talent in the State, providing careers in creative media, increasing funding sources for filmmaking, and supporting creative media collaborations through educational programs; and

 

     WHEREAS, film festivals in Hawaii attract tens of thousands of viewers and generate millions of dollars in additional spending and economic benefits; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special fund was originally established by Act 285, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, as the Hawaii Television and Film Development Special Fund whose purposes included awarding grants for eligible Hawaii projects; and

 

     WHEREAS, Act 193, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, amended the funding sources and authorized uses of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund, the purpose of which now includes providing seed capital for film, media, electronic sports, and creative industries intellectual property development projects; and

 

     WHEREAS, however, the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund has been ineffective at supporting Hawaii's filmmakers by failing to award grants for these projects; and

 

     WHEREAS, a management and financial audit of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund could help identify any shortcomings in the current distribution of funds in the Special fund and determine any necessary changes to increase the effectiveness of the Special Fund; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, that the Office of the Auditor is requested to conduct a management and financial audit of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of the Auditor is requested to submit a report of its management and financial audit, including findings and recommendations and any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and Auditor.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Auditor; Management and Financial Audit; Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund