Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1806 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to clarify that the definition of "hotel" in relation to offenses against property rights means a structure in which a majority of the tenants are roomers or boarders.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Hawaii Hotel Association and the Maui Hotel Association.

Your Committee finds that the present definition of "hotel" requires all tenants to be roomers or boarders. However, rarely will hotel structures be totally occupied by roomers or boarders at the exclusion of commercial tenants such as shops, restaurants, and others. Your Committee finds that the present definition does not reflect the true nature of hotels occupied by a mixture of tenants.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1806 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.