STAND. COM. REP. NO. 70

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 678
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred S.B. No. 678 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SPORTS
     TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION, AND MARKETING,"

begs leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to provide an appropriation
for the development, promotion, and marketing of numerous sports
related events.

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the
Hawaii Tourism Authority.

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii benefits from a strong
calendar of sports events, which promote Hawaii as a desirable
visitor destination through television and other media exposure.
Your Committee further finds that sporting events also encourage
the expansion and attraction of businesses by enhancing Hawaii's
image as a center for health and fitness.

     Your Committee believes that the participants and spectators
who come to Hawaii for these events provide welcome support to
the State's visitor industry in an increasingly competitive
global market, and should be encouraged.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose

 
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of S.B. No. 678 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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