THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator Ronald D. Kouchi, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

&

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

TIME:

10:00 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The Committee will meet to reconsider its previous action taken on SB 284, SD1 on February 26, 2015, recommending that the measure be passed unamended.  Immediately after reconsideration of its previous action, the Committee will hold a public hearing to receive testimony on the proposed draft of the measure identified below.

 

SB 284, SD1

      Proposed SD2

      (SSCR337)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Allocates $3,000,000 of transient accommodations tax revenues to the special land and development fund to be expended in accordance with the long-range strategic plan for tourism. Authorizes DLNR to issue $40,000,000 in revenue bonds and to use the proceeds to acquire a conservation easement in Turtle Bay, Oahu.  Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues of $3,000,000 annually to the DLNR to pay the debt service on the revenue bonds and ongoing expenses related to the bonds. (SD2 Proposed)

 

Copies of the proposed SD 2 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website:  www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

 

TSI/WTL, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on the language contained in the Proposed SD2.

 

Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. ASL or foreign language interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)586-6800.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jill N. Tokuda

Chair