STAND. COM. REP. NO.  384

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1258

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism, to which was referred H.B. No. 1258 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the qualification and term limit requirements and appointment process for the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

 

     The Hawaii Tourism Authority supported this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Restoring the current statutory language requiring that at least one member on the Board shall have knowledge, experience, and expertise in the area of Hawaiian cultural practices; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1258, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1258, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOM BROWER, Chair