STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 921

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1040

S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1040, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the Hawaii Statewide Trail and Access Program (Program) by:

(1) Establishing that transient accommodations tax revenues transferred to the Program shall be deposited into the Special Land and Development Fund (SLDF) for the Program; and

(2) Repealing the $500,000 cap on the amount of SLDF monies used for the management, maintenance, and development of trails and trails accesses under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

DLNR testified in support of this bill. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments.

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. 1040, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,

		____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair