HB 2246 Summary

• Establishes a seven-member standing selection committee within the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to review and award cultural grants related to native Hawaiian culture and community.

• Committee composition includes the Hawaii Tourism Authority president/CEO (or designee), foundation executive director (or designee), one governor appointee, one senate president appointee, one house speaker appointee, and two recognized practitioners of native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices, with no more than three members from Honolulu.

• Transfers authority to award and administer cultural grants perpetuating native Hawaiian culture from the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal year 2024-2025 to hire grant administrator positions for the foundation.

• Takes effect July 1, 3000 (effective date appears to contain a typographical error).