HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2002
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE |
Rep. Jerry Chang, Chair |
Rep. Nathan Suzuki, Vice Chair |
Rep. Felipe Abinsay |
Rep. Roy Takumi |
Rep. Lei Ahu Isa |
Rep. Chris Halford |
Rep. Ed Case |
Rep. Bertha Leong |
Rep. Ben Cabreros |
Rep. Barbara Marumoto |
Rep. Michael Magaoay |
Rep. Guy Ontai |
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
Rep. Scott Saiki, Chair |
Rep. Nestor Garcia, Vice Chair |
Rep. Willie Espero |
Rep. Mark Moses |
Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. David A. Pendleton |
Rep. Joe Souki |
Rep. Jim Rath |
Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga |
NOTICE OF HEARING
DATE: |
Tuesday, February 12, 2002 |
TIME: |
8:30 a.m. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
TAC/LAB 0NLY – PLEASE SUBMIT 45 COPIES OF TESTIMONY
HB 2195 |
RELATING TO HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Limits to department head salary level, the amount used for ERS calculations of the average final compensation retroactive to 1/18/02. |
TAC/LAB, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW |
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TAC ONLY – PLEASE SUBMIT 35 COPIES OF TESTIMONY |
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HB 2192 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Increases number of voting public board members from 10 to 12 by adding 1 new voting public member and authorizing the existing public, nonvoting member to vote. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2456 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Increases the number of voting public members of the Hawaii Tourism Authority from ten to twelve. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2251 |
RELATING TO TOURISM. Repeals redundant tourism laws and assigns key duties of the office of tourism to the Hawaii Tourism Authority. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2486 |
RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Reallocates a percentage of the Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) from the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to the general fund. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2193 |
RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Requires operators and plan managers to include data on hotel room rates and occupancy with their monthly TAT remittances to department of taxation. Requires department of taxation to transmit the data to the Hawaii tourism authority. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2757 |
RELATING TO TOURISM. Requires amounts of Hawaii tourism authority's tourism product enrichment and diversification grants to be awarded to counties as follows: 14.5% to Kauai, 18.6% to Hawaii, 22.8% to Maui, and 44.1% to Honolulu. Empowers county mayors to determine program administration, project feasibility, and post-event analysis. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2127 |
RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. Assigns responsibility to market, operate, manage, and maintain the Hawaii convention center facility to the Hawaii tourism authority and establishes a Hawaii convention center enterprise special fund and a convention center facility reserve special fund. Appropriates funds. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2451 |
RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. Assigns the responsibility to market, operate, manage, and maintain the Hawaii Convention Center Facility to the HTA including the establishment of the Hawaii Convention Center Entreprise Special Fund and the Convention Center Facility Reserve Special Fund. |
TAC, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Scott Saiki Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Jerry Chang Chair |