STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1420

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1113

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 1113, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS ON TIME SHARES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the requirement that in a county with a population in excess of 500,000, in an existing hotel containing at least 60 units, 40 percent of the units are to be made available for sale or rental as residential apartments.

     Wyndham Worldwide, Starwood Vacation Ownership, and the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii supported this bill.  The Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs offered comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1113, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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KEN ITO, Chair