THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair

Senator Clarence Nishihara, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday February 15, 2005

TIME:

1:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 1618

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KONA COFFEE FESTIVAL.

Appropriates $10,000 for the Kona Coffee Festival.

TSM, WAM

SB 1727

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Requires state agencies that use state funds to market products made in Hawaii to report all expenditures and allocations to HTA. Requires the HTA to coordinate and oversee all marketing efforts of products made in Hawaii.

TSM, WAM

SB 1729

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Redistributes the transient accommodations tax to facilitate the Hawaii tourism authority with existing and expanded programs. Clarifies the administrative authority of the Hawaii tourism authority.

TSM, WAM

SB 718

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Increases the $31,000,000 cap o the 17.3% in transient accommodations tax (TAT) collections that are designated to the Hawaii Convention Center to $33,000,000. Increases from 32.6% to 34.0% the amount of TAT revenues to be deposited into the Tourism Special Fund. Decreases from 5.3% to 3.9% the amount of TAT revenues to be deposited into the TAT Trust Fund

TSM, WAM

     

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 30 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 231, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 587-7200

 

 

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Senator Donna Mercado Kim

Chair