STAND. COM. REP. NO. 746________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1013




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1013 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII
     TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide emergency funding for
the Hawaii Tourism Authority's (HTA) Tourism Special Fund.

     Your Committee has received a message from the Governor,
dated February 4, 1999:

     (1)  Stating that additional funding is needed to allow the
          HTA to encumber and expend funds for its programs
          during the second half of FY 1998-1999; and

     (2)  Requesting the Legislature for immediate passage of
          this bill to ensure funding for tourism marketing and
          other tourism-related projects.

     The HTA and the Hawaii Hotel Association testified in stong
support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1013 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair