STAND. COM. REP. NO.  183

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1262

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1262 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHARTER TOUR OPERATORS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow travel agencies operating as charter tour operators to maintain statutorily required client trust accounts outside the State; provided that the charter tour operator files a written irrevocable agreement and authorization allowing the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to examine and obtain copies of business records related to the client trust account.

 

     Vacations Hawaii supported this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2099, to promote further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intrastate Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1262, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1262, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intrastate Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair