STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2814

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2504

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that use of the tourism special fund for marketing Hawaii as a tourism destination shall not count towards the Hawaii Tourism Authority's administrative expenses cap.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of the Auditor and the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Your Committee finds that marketing efforts by the Hawaii Tourism Authority to market Hawaii as a tourism destination should not be considered an administrative expense.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Including a definition of "administrative expenses"; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2018.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair