Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Tourism and Culture and Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 2404, S.D. 2, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to benefit the economy through visitor spending and tax revenues by appropriating funds to the City and County of Honolulu (City and County) to host the 2005 National Association of Counties Annual Conference and Exposition from July 15, 2005, to July 19, 2005, at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Several members of the Maui County Council, a member of the Kauai County Council, and the City and County submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism opposed this measure.

Your Committees note that $532,000, to be matched dollar-for-dollar by City and County funds, is needed for the City and County to host the conference and exposition.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and Culture and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2404, S.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.