STAND. COM. REP. NO.  419

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1339

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism, to which was referred H.B. No. 1339 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help the Hawaii tourism industry retain its competitive edge in its promotional and marketing efforts and to increase efficiency in the Department of Taxation by repealing the $10 daily transient accommodations tax collected each month for transient accommodations furnished on a complimentary or gratuitous basis.

 

     The Department of Taxation, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Maui Hotel and Lodging Association, and Classic Vacations supported this measure.  The Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1339, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1339, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

 

 

 

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TOM BROWER, Chair