STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1130-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1828

      H.D. 3

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1828, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to mitigate the negative impacts on communities caused by tourist activities by:

 

     (1)  Allocating $10,000,000 in transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority to support initiatives, in conjunction with the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, to mitigate those negative impacts caused by tourist activities; provided that the funds are matched dollar-for-dollar by the private sector, the applicable counties, or a combination of both; and

 

     (2)  Requiring the Hawaii Tourism Authority to submit a report to the Legislature on the expenditure of the $10,000,000 allocation of funds.

 

     The Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association supported this measure.  The Hawaii Tourism Authority provided comments.


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated to the Hawaii Tourism Authority for initiatives that mitigate negative impacts caused by tourism activity to an unspecified amount; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1828, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1828, H.D. 3.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair