STAND. COM. REP. NO.1048-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.C.R. No. 142

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 142 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO MEASURE VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS PERFORMANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT), with the assistance of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) and Department of Taxation (DOTAX), to conduct a study to measure visitor accommodations performance.

The HTA and DBEDT submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure to add that the Hawaii Hotel Association is requested to work with DBEDT, HTA, and DOTAX in studying and identifying means to better measure monthly visitor accommodations performance on a timely basis. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 142, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 142, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

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JERRY CHANG, Chair