STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1202

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1167

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1167, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the management of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) by, among other things:

 

     (1)  Making the private contractor operating the Hawaii Convention Center subject to the Hawaii Public Procurement Code;

 

     (2)  Changing the title of the Executive Director of HTA to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and clarifying the President and CEO's duties;

 

     (3)  Removing the power of the HTA to employ persons exempt from Chapters 76 (Civil Service) and 78 (Public Service), Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (4)  Requiring periodic reports to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and President of the Senate on contracts and agreements, instead of notice about contracts or agreements valued at $25,000 or more; and

 

     (5)  Making permanent HTA's ability to retain its own attorneys.

 

     HTA supported this bill.  Outrigger Hotels supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism offered comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

    

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1167, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1167, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

 

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JOEY MANAHAN, Chair