STAND. COM. REP. 1478
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1462
H.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 1462, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to, among other things:
(1) Authorize the Board of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to appoint a sports coordinator;
(2) Clarify that the designated representative on the Board of HTA for the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the Director of Transportation, and the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall be an employee of these respective departments; and
(3) Adjust the percentages of the Tourism Special Fund to be used for administrative expenses, and to adjust the percentage of that amount to be used for the compensation package for the Executive Director of HTA.
HTA testified in support of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1462, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1462, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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