STAND. COM. REP. NO.  28

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 854

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism, to which was referred H.B. No. 854 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require hotels to distribute porterage service charges to employees in full or disclose to customers that the charges are being used for other purposes.

The ILWU Local 142, UNITE HERE Local 5, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion, and making a technical, nonsubstantive change for the purpose of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 854, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 854, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair