STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1232-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2404

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2404, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EXPENSES OF THE 2005 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES MEETING IN HONOLULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve Hawaii's economy and generate increased revenues for the State by appropriating funds to the City and County of Honolulu (City) to host the National Association of Counties Annual Conference and Exposition from July 15, 2005, to July 19, 2005.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii State Association of Counties, City Council, Maui County Council, a member of the Kauai County Council, and two employees of the City Council testified in support of this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation of $1 to facilitate further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2404, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2404, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair