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SB1577
THE SENATE
S.B. NO.
1577
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating
to the state foundation on culture and the arts
.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION 1.
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The legislature finds that the mission of the
state foundation on culture and the arts is to promote, perpetuate, preserve,
and encourage culture and the arts as central to the quality of life and people
of Hawaii.
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One of the foundation's
strategic priorities includes increasing public accessibility to arts and
culture.
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T
he foundation administers the state
art museum and the art in public places and relocatable works of art programs,
using the works of art special fund created pursuant to section 103‑8.5,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, and also issues grants through its foundation grants
program.
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The museum and these programs
aim to support, promote, and recognize the excellence of the State's diverse
artists; create, display, and maintain in public places and the state art
museum a collection of works of art that represent the diversity and excellence
of the State's artistic expression; and provide the fullest possible access to
the highest quality aesthetic and educational experiences available to all the
citizens of the State.
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The
legislature further finds that the performing arts also represent various
mediums that express creativity through singing, dancing, theatre, and musical
performances.
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To ensure a wide range of
artistic creativity and expression in the State, performing arts should also be
recognized as a medium to provide Hawaii's people with creative, educational,
and aesthetic performances that tell meaningful stories and provide engaging
experiences.
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The purpose of this Act is to
further the foundation's endeavors by:
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(1)
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Establishing the performing arts grants
program, under the foundation's existing foundation grant program, to support
performing arts in the State;
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(2)
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Clarifying the scope of the state foundation
on culture and the arts' responsibilities to include the coordination,
planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events; and
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(3)
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Appropriating funds to provide grants under
the performing arts grants program.
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SECTION
2
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Chapter 9,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part II to be
appropriately designated and to read as follows:
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Performing arts grants program.
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(a)
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There is established a performing arts grants program, to be placed in
the foundation for administrative purposes, to provide grants for the
coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts
events.
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(b)
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The foundation shall administer the performing
arts grants program in accordance with this part.
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(c)
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The foundation shall submit an annual report
of performing arts grants awarded and the outcomes of each performing arts event
that received a grant to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
convening of the regular session of 2026 and every regular session thereafter.
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SECTION
3.
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Section 9-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended as follows:
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By adding a new definition to be
appropriately inserted and to read:
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"Performing
arts" includes arts or skills that are intended to be performed before an
audience, including dance, singing, musical performances, and theatre.
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2.
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By amending the definition of
"arts" to read:
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""Arts"
includes music, dance, painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, drama,
poetry, prose, crafts, industrial design, interior design, fashion design,
photography, television, motion picture art, unique or decorative plants,
landscaping, and all other
performing arts and
creative activity of
imagination and beauty."
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SECTION 4.
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Section 9-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
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Purpose
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he foundation shall administer the
art in public places and relocatable works of art programs, pursuant to section
103-8.5, and the state art museum to achieve the following purposes:
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(1)
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Replace in public
state buildings the natural beauty displaced in construction with works of art
expressive of the State's cultural, creative, and traditional arts of its
various ethnic groups;
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(2)
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Support, promote,
and recognize excellence of the State's diverse cultural, creative, and
traditional artists; [
and
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(3)
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Create,
display, and maintain in public places and the state art museum a collection of
works of art
, and
coordinate, plan, promote, market, and execute
performing arts events,
that:
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(A)
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[
Represents
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Represent
the diversity and excellence of the State's artistic
expression; and
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(B)
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Provides
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Provide
to all the citizens of the State the fullest possible access to the highest
quality aesthetic and educational experiences available."
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SECTION
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Section 103-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended as follows:
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By amending subsection (b) to read:
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"(b)
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The works of art special fund shall be used
solely for the following purposes:
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(1)
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Costs related to the acquisition of works of
art[
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and coordination, planning, promotion, marketing, and
execution of performing arts events,
including any consultant or staff
services required to carry out the art in public places and relocatable works
of art programs;
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(2)
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Site modifications, display, and interpretive
work necessary for the exhibition of works of art[
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or for
performing arts events;
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(3)
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Upkeep services, including maintenance,
repair, and restoration of works of art;
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(4)
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Storing and transporting works of art."
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2.
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By amending subsection (d) to read:
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"(d)
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The comptroller and the state foundation on
culture and the arts shall decide on the specific art objects to acquire[
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and specific performing arts events to coordinate, plan, promote, market,
and execute,
giving first consideration to placing appropriate pieces of
art at the locations of the original appropriation.
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The
selection of, commissioning artists for, reviewing of design, execution, [
and
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placement
, coordination, planning, promotion, and marketing
of, and the
acceptance of works of art shall be the responsibility of the comptroller and
the state foundation on culture and the arts in consultation with the affected
agency or department.
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Expenditures
from the works of art special fund shall be made by the comptroller."
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SECTION 6.
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There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,000,000 or so much thereof as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 to provide grants under the
performing arts grants program.
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The sums
appropriated shall be expended by the
state foundation on culture and the arts for the purposes of this Act.
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SECTION 7.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.
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SECTION 8.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
State
Foundation of Culture and the Arts; Performing Arts Grants Program; Works of
Art Special Fund; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes
the Performing Arts Grants Program to support performing arts in the State.
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Clarifies the scope of the State Foundation on
Culture and the Arts' responsibilities to include the
coordination,
planning, promotion, marketing, and execution of performing arts events
.
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Allows the use of moneys from the Works of Art Special Fund for
performing arts.
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Appropriates funds to
provide grants under the Performing Arts Grants Program.
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