Bill Text: HI HCR191 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Inventory and Valuation; Report to the Legislature
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Referred to VMI, FIN, referral sheet 33 [HCR191 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HCR191-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
Requesting the state foundation oN culture and the arts to conduct an inventory and valuation of all State-owned artwork, art pieces, and art collections.
WHEREAS, the mission of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is to promote, perpetuate, preserve, and encourage culture and the arts, history, and the humanities as central to the quality of life of the people of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, over 40 years ago, Governor John Burns and a number of other visionary leaders believed that Hawaii's natural beauty should be complemented by artistic beauty to be enjoyed by all residents and visitors in public state buildings, such as airports; schools and offices; the State Capitol; and later additions, including the Hawaii Convention Center; and
WHEREAS, these leaders persuaded the Legislature to set aside one percent of all state capital improvement expenditures to buy and commission art for Hawaii's public state buildings, a concept that grew into the Art in Public Places and Relocatable Works of Art programs, firsts in the nation that became a model for many other states to follow; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation administers the Art in Public Places and Relocatable Works of Art programs to replace within public state buildings the natural beauty displaced by construction through the use of works of art and, acting with the Comptroller, decides on the specific art objects to acquire and selects artists to commission; and
WHEREAS, the amount spent on commissioned and individual art purchases for the Art in Public Places and Relocatable Works of Art programs is carefully monitored by a citizen commission, the Foundation staff, and others in the state administration to be sure that it adheres to current prices, based upon size, materials, and artisanship; and
WHEREAS, while the State is conducting revenue studies, cost-saving measures, and asset-management reviews during these uncertain economic times, it is vital for the Foundation to inventory and determine the value of all artwork, art pieces, and collections owned by the State; and
WHEREAS, section 103-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which establishes and specifies the use of the Works of Art Special Fund, provides the Foundation a guaranteed source of funding that does not require legislative appropriation to carry out its work, which makes it very important for the Legislature to have a proper accounting of the Foundation's activities; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, the Senate concurring, that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is requested to conduct an inventory and valuation of all State-owned artwork, art pieces, and art collections, whether on display in public places or in storage; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Foundation is requested to submit to the Legislature a report of its findings regarding the inventory and valuation of all State-owned art no later than 45 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2015; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Comptroller.
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State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Inventory and Valuation; Report to the Legislature
