STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2599

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2642

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2642 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Hawaii Tourism Authority to take advantage of new initiatives for increased travel and tourism in the United States, which will further establish Hawaii as a global destination and benefit the State's economy.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Hawaiian Airlines.

 

     Your Committee finds that the federal government's recent travel and tourism initiatives will be highly beneficial to Hawaii's tourism economy and will advance efforts to stimulate job growth.  The funds appropriated by this measure will help the Hawaii Tourism Authority to take advantage of expanded visa programs and increased travel opportunities for international visitors to Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified sum; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2642, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2642, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair