Hawaii State Legislature
2001 Regular Session

HB553

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Measure Title: RELATING TO TOURISM.
Report Title: Tourism; Administration; Taxes ($)
Description: Increases the membership of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, and assigns the responsibility to market, operate, manage, and maintain the Hawaii convention center facility to the HTA. Increases, the transient accomodation tax rate by 1 per cent for every increase of 500,000 visitors over 7,500,000 until the tax rate is 10.25 per cent.
Package: Governor's Package
Companion: SB1029
Introducer(s): SAY (BR)
Current Referral:TAC, FIN

Date Status Text
1/23/01HIntroduced
1/25/01HPass First Reading
1/26/01HReferred to the committees on TAC, FIN, referral sheet 4.
1/31/01HBill scheduled to be heard by TAC on Tuesday, 02/06/01 at 8:30 AM in House conference room 325.
2/6/01HThe committees on TAC recommend that the measure be HELD. The votes in TAC were as follows: 9 Ayes: Rep.(s) Chang, Suzuki, Abinsay, Ahu Isa, Cabreros, Case, Magaoay, Takumi, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations: None; 0 Noes: None; and 3 Excused: Rep.(s) Halford, Leong, Ontai.
7/23/01DCarried over to 2002 Regular Session.

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment