STAND. COM. REP. NO.242-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2251

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2251 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Repeal redundant or obsolete statutes relating to tourism by:

(A) Deleting the Office of Tourism, which exists only on paper; and

(B) Repealing chapter 203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to tourism development;

and

(2) Transfer key provisions from the repealed statutes and incorporate them under the powers and duties of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the State Auditor and the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Your Committee has amended this measure by correcting a technical error in the original bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2251, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2251, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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JERRY CHANG, Chair