STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1079-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3030

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 3030, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide additional funding to support regulation of mixed martial arts (MMA) by;

     (1)  Increasing the license fee imposed on gate receipts of professional MMA contests beginning July 1, 2009;

     (2)  Clarifying that the two percent fee imposed on the gross receipts derived from simultaneous telecasts of a contest or event includes pay per view telecasts, and is not restricted to telecasts in Hawaii; and

     (3)  Requiring each MMA promoter to pay an additional surcharge fee, at the discretion of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), to be deposited into the Compliance Resolution Fund to cover the costs of implementing MMA regulations.

     DCCA submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made 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. 3030, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3030, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair