STAND. COM. REP. NO.  467-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2183

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Tourism and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2183 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote the use of the Convention Center by directing the Hawaii Tourism Authority to develop uses and activities that complement the Convention Center and establish a Convention Center District.

The Hawaii Laborer's Union and Outrigger Hotels & Resorts testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Tourism Authority testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committees note the concerns of the Hawaii Tourism Authority regarding this measure.  Your Committees respectfully request your Committee on Finance to consider amendments that create a Convention Center District under the Hawaii Community Development Authority instead of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2183 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair