Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 229 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the Hawaii Tourism Authority, in conjunction with the airline and hotel industry, to implement a program which gives reduced prices for airfare and hotel accommodations to visiting relatives and families of military personnel to show our aloha for their sacrifice.

Testimony in support of this measure was received by the House Select Committee on War Preparedness, the Hawaii Tourism Authority, the Hawaii Hotel Association, and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

Your committee has amended this measure by requiring that copies of this concurrent resolution be sent to the Retail Merchants of Hawaii, A3H, the Car and Truck Renting and Leasing Association, the Hawaii Activities & Tours Association and the Hawaii Restaurant Association.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 229, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 229, H.D. 1.