Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the board of directors (Board) of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).

Specifically, this measure:

1. Repeals the Office of Tourism (Office) within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT);
2. Repeals other tourism-related statutes pertaining to DBEDT; and
3. Assigns to the HTA Board the key functions that were formerly assigned to the Office.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Hawaii Tourism Authority testified in support of the bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture 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 Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.