STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1081

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1014
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1014, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Allow the Convention Center Authority (CCA) to sunset
          on an unspecified date;

     (2)  Assign the responsibility to market, operate, manage,
          and maintain the Hawaii Convention Center facility to
          the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA); and

     (3)  Restructure the financial package of the Tourism
          Special Fund.

     The Hawaii Tourism Authority, Life of the Land, and an
individual testified in testimony support of this measure.  The
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
supported the intent of this bill.  The Department of Planning
and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, CCA, the Tax
Foundation of Hawaii, the Visitor Industry Coalition, Waikiki
Beach Activities, Ltd., the Maui Hotel Association, Yacht Harbor
Towers, the Maui Visitors Bureau, Neighbors of the Ala Wai, and
an individual commented on the bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 
 
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     (1)  Sunsetting the CCA on June 30, 2000; and

     (2)  Making numerous technical, nonsubstantive amendments to
          correct drafting errors.

     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.
1014, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1014, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair