REPORT TITLE:
Approp.; Rowing Challenge


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for the planning, production, and promotion of
the Royal Hawaiian Rowing Challenge.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           640
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL ROYAL HAWAIIAN
   ROWING CHALLENGE.
 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The Royal Hawaiian Rowing Challenge, Inc., a
 
 2 nonprofit organization, is sponsoring the Royal Hawaiian Rowing
 
 3 Challenge for the sixth year.  This challenge is endorsed by the
 
 4 United States, Canadian, British, and Japanese Rowing
 
 5 Associations, the Hawaii Canoe/Kayak Racing Association, and the
 
 6 Waikiki Improvement Association.  Local sponsors of the regatta
 
 7 over the past five years have included the State of Hawaii, the
 
 8 city and county of Honolulu, the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku
 
 9 Foundation, the Pikake Foundation, the James Campbell Estate,
 
10 J. Watumull Fund, Sea-Land, and Marc Resorts and Hotels.  To date
 
11 the regatta has attracted world-class crews from institutions
 
12 such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of California
 
13 Berkeley, Washington State, Princeton, and crews from Canada,
 
14 England, Japan, and Australia.
 
15      The legislature finds that this rowing regatta contributes
 
16 to Hawaii's image as a sports destination, which is consistent
 
17 with the sports marketing strategy of the Hawaii Visitors and
 
18 Convention Bureau.  The purpose of this Act is to appropriate 
 

 
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 1 funds for the planning, production, and marketing of the Royal
 
 2 Hawaiian Rowing Challenge.
 
 3      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 4 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $50,000, or so much
 
 5 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, for the
 
 6 sixth annual Royal Hawaiian Rowing Challenge, including, but not
 
 7 limited to, the planning, production, and promotion of the
 
 8 regatta.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
10 department of business, economic development, and tourism for the
 
11 purposes of this Act.
 
12      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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