Bill Text: HI SCR57 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: DAGS; SFCA; Transfer; Working Group
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-22 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-19-12. [SCR57 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR57-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE State Foundation on Culture and the Arts TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.
WHEREAS, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts was established by Act 269, Session Laws of Hawaii 1965, as a temporary agency and placed within the Office of the Governor; and
WHEREAS, Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 1970, established the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts on a permanent basis, placed within the Department of Budget and Finance; and
WHEREAS, Act 302, Session Laws of Hawaii 1980, transferred the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts from the Department of Budget and Finance to the Department of Accounting and General Services; and
WHEREAS, since the inception of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts in 1965, the Legislature has charged the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts with the task of stimulating, guiding, and promoting culture, arts, history, and the humanities throughout the State; and
WHEREAS, across the country, state arts agencies have evolved to remain relevant, vibrant, and able to play a significant, if not the central, role in promoting culture and the arts in their respective communities; and
WHEREAS, one means of achieving greater relevancy and assistance for Hawaii's arts and cultural communities would be a transfer of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts from the Department of Accounting and General Services to a department whose mission, assets, and purpose would provide better opportunities for growth and expansion of the agency's purposes and functions; and
WHEREAS, such a transfer would provide an opportunity to evaluate achievements and best practices from other jurisdictions in refocusing the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, as well as programs from other state agencies, to achieve a higher level of business development opportunities for cultural, heritage, and arts programs, as well as leveraging public-private partnerships for financing Hawaii's cultural, heritage, and arts programs; and
WHEREAS, this would assist the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and ensure that the agency is relevant and responsive to its community needs and audiences as it strives to present all dynamic and diverse art forms in Hawaii; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the House of Representatives concurring, that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is requested to establish a working group of no more than seven members to develop recommendations regarding the administrative placement of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recommendations should build upon the current mission of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and are requested to incorporate the following objectives:
(1) Leveraging public-private financing in support of visual arts, music, design, literature, theater, and dance to strengthen Hawaii's cultural sector with expanded funding and raise the grants funding capacity of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and its partners to levels of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 annually;
(2) Developing a strategic plan to expand the capacity of Hawaii's cultural, heritage, and arts organizations to provide Hawaii residents and visitors with quality cultural experiences;
(3) Developing a sustainable funding model to support increased investment in cultural, heritage, and arts programming throughout the State;
(4) Recommending changes to State Foundation on Culture and the Arts programs and infrastructure, including broadening the scope of the agency and renaming it, to further the effective implementation of the above-mentioned objectives; and
(5) Collaborating with interested stakeholders from cultural, heritage, and arts agencies, including the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Tourism Authority; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and Bishop Museum; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is requested to report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group be dissolved on June 30, 2013; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Comptroller; Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Executive Director of the Hawaii Tourism Authority; Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and Director of the Bishop Museum.
DAGS; SFCA; Transfer; Working Group
