STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2739
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2974
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2974 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to remove the sunset provision of Part I of Act 58, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, thereby allowing the Hawaii Tourism Authority (Authority) to:
(1) Deposit all interest and revenues or receipts derived by the Authority from projects into the tourism special fund;
(2) Expend up to five per cent of the moneys in the tourism special fund for administrative expenses;
(3) Appoint a sports coordinator;
(4) Retain attorneys independent of the Attorney General's Office; and
(5) Retain supervision of its own accounts and revenues received by the convention center enterprise special fund and the tourism special fund, independent of the Comptroller.
Your Committee finds that granting the Authority this autonomy allows it to operate more efficiently and meet its financial and contractual responsibilities on a timely basis.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Extending the sunset provision of Part I of Act 58, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, until June 30, 2011; and
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of consistency and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2974, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2974, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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