Bill Text: HI HB1204 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Tourism Special Fund; Additional TAT Revenue Distribution
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1204 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1204-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 340
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 1204
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 Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1204 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support Hawaii's tourism industry by requiring, for each of the fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 only, an additional distribution of not more than $10,000,000 in Transient Accommodations Tax revenues to the Tourism Special Fund.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association, and Outrigger Hotels testified in support of this bill. The Department of Taxation opposed this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1204, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1204, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs,
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____________________________ JOEY MANAHAN, Chair |
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