Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 73 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure as received is encourage concerts at the aloha stadium by Japanese pop groups to attract young Japanese fans and their parents as visitors to Hawaii.

Prior to the hearing, your Committee circulated a proposed S.D. 1, entitled:

Testimony in support of the proposed S.D. 1 was received from Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), Molokai Aloha Festivals, and one individual. Tropidilla Productions, L.L.C., submitted comments.

Your Committee finds that well over half of the board members of the HTA will be completing their terms in the next few weeks, and new appointees will be taking their places on the board. Your Committee is concerned that the new board will be bound by contract decisions made by the current board, including those decisions that the new board may not support.

Your Committee has heard that delaying contract decisions may hamper the effectiveness of the HTA if these decisions are not made in a timely and efficient manner. However, your Committee notes that some of the new board members are expected to be in place by early May and the rest by the first of July, and delaying any upcoming decisions for a few weeks should not compromise the HTA or the success of its ongoing marketing efforts.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 73, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 73, S.D. 1.