THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

 

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Senator Gilbert Kahele, Chair

Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

HB 169, HD1

      (HSCR704)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the definition of fair market rental value.  Increases the transient accommodations tax imposed on resort time share vacation units by 1 per cent each year to gradually achieve a rate of 9.25 per cent of the fair market rental value.  (HB169 HD1)

TSI, WAM

HB 854, HD1

      (HSCR705)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES.

Requires hotels to distribute porterage service charges to employees in full or disclose to customers that the charges are being used for other purposes.  (HB854 HD1)

TSI, JDL

(Deleted 03-16-15)

HB 133, HD1

      (HSCR703)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides an income tax credit for costs incurred in hotel construction or renovation.  (HB133 HD1)

TSI, WAM

HB 1259, HD1

      (HSCR706)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Makes permanent exemptions granted to the HTA from requirements for Comptroller's supervision of accounts, publication of consolidated financial statements, approval of business and accounting forms, and deposit of funds into the tourism special fund.  Increases Tourism Special Fund allowance for HTA administrative expenses.  (HB1259 HD1)

TSI, WAM

HB 271, HD2

      (HSCR892)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TIME SHARING.

Provides cancellation rights to persons who contract to buy a short-term product in Hawaii.  Allows disbursement of purchasers' funds to a developer; provided that the developer first posts a bond or letter of credit.  (HB271 HD2)

TSI, CPN

HB 1327, HD1

      (HSCR882)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.

Permits a taxpayer who provides transient accommodations on real property leased from a related entity to claim a general excise tax deduction from the amount of gross proceeds or gross income received from its sublease of the real property.  (HB1327 HD1)

TSI, WAM

SCR 21

      Status & Testimony

URGING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO HONOR ITS PROMISE AND COMMITMENT TO NO LONGER HARVEST ORGANS FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTS.

TSI, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Gilbert Kahele

Chair