STAND. COM. REP. NO.  521

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1017

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1017 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide Hawaii's tourism workforce with a voice on the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (Board of HTA) by requiring that at least one public, voting member of the Board of HTA represent local labor organizations in the state.

     UNITE HERE! Local 5 supported the intent of this bill.  The Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association did not support this measure.  HTA opposed this bill. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1017, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1017, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair