STAND. COM. REP. NO. 236

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1014
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism, to which was referred H.B. No.
1014 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Allow the Convention Center Authority to sunset on June
          30, 1999;
     
     (2)  Assign the responsibility to market, operate, manage,
          and maintain the Hawaii convention center facility to
          the Hawaii Tourism Authority;

     (3)  Transfer the balance of the Hawaii Convention Center
          Capital and Operation Special Funds to the Tourism
          Special Fund; and

     (4)  Assign the funding responsibility for the convention
          center debt service and operating requirements to the
          Hawaii Tourism Authority.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism testified in support of the bill.  The Hawaii Hotel
Association and the Maui Hotel Association submitted testimony
opposing the bill.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii commented on the
bill.


 
 
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     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Leaving the repeal date for the Hawaii Convention
          Center Authority blank for purposes of further
          discussion; and

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

     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.
1014, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1014, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   JERRY L. CHANG, Chair