STAND. COM. REP. NO.1222-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2635

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2635, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Repeal redundant tourism laws; and

(2) Statutorily clarify the duties of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) relating to tourism development and marketing.

HTA and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism testified in support of this measure.

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. 2635, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair