Report Title:

Hawaii Tourism Authority

Description:

Extends the sunset date to June 30, 2010, of provisions: Granting the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) the authority to retain attorneys independent of the Attorney General; exempting HTA's accounts from supervision by the Comptroller; granting HTA the authority to appoint a sports coordinator; establishing that all interest and revenues or receipts derived by HTA from projects shall be deposited into the Tourism Special Fund (TSF); specifying that 5 percent of TSF funds may be used for administrative expenses; and certain other provisions. (HB1923 CD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1923

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 2


C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 14 of Act 58, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, as amended by section 50 of Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, is amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 14. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that:

(1) The amendments made to sections 40-1, 40-4, and 40-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by part I of this Act shall not be repealed when those sections are reenacted on June 30, [2005,] 2006, by section [24] 1 of Act [115,] 137, Session Laws of Hawaii [1998;] 2005;

(2) Part I shall be repealed on June 30, [2007,] 2010, and sections 28-8.3, 201B-2, and 201B-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which they read on May 5, 2004, and sections 40-1, 40-4, and 40-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which they read on June 30, 1986; and

(3) Section 9 shall take effect on July 1, 2004."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.