STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1312

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 866

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 866, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve the integrity of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) by prohibiting a person who has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) from sitting as a public, voting member of the Board of HTA, until at least two years have expired between the person's termination from service on the Board of HVCB and the person's appointment to the Board of HTA.

     HTA supported the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency. 

     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 S.B. No. 866, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 866, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair