STAND. COM. REP. 893
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1460
S.D. 1
H.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. 1460, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to include certain contract provisions that protect state interests and ensure responsible use of funds for contracts that exceed $3,000,000 in value or are complex.
In addition this bill:
(1) Allows HTA to suspend the contract provisions provided for in this bill if the inclusion of such provisions prevents agreement on a contract for a legitimate reason; and
(2) Requires HTA to provide, in the HTA's annual report, details regarding contracts entered into that uses public funds.
HTA supported this bill.
Upon further review, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Raising, from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000, the threshold above which the required contract provisions contained in this bill shall apply;
(2) Requiring that any intellectual property arising from HTA's works for hire contracts become the property of the State; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 1460, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1460, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,
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____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair |
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