Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 336, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to repeal the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) effective June 30, 2020.

The County of Kauai Office of Economic Development submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Hotel Association, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Hawaii Attractions Association, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, and Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association submitted testimony in opposition to this bill. HTA, and Waikiki Improvement Association submitted comments on this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the repeal of HTA;

(2) Requiring the Auditor to conduct an audit of HTA;

(3) Making the bill effective upon its approval; and

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 S.B. No. 336, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 336, S.D. 3, H.D. 2.