Bill Text: HI HCR7 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Kauai County Package; Transient Accommodations Tax

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-22 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). [HCR7 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HCR7-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1225

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 7

 

 

 

 

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.C.R. No. 7 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PRESERVE THE COUNTIES' SHARE OF THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure stability to county finances and enable counties to improve budgeting and planning by urging the Governor and Legislature to preserve the counties' share of the transient accommodations tax.

 

     The Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, President of the Hawaii State Association of Counties, a councilmember of the Maui County Council representing East Maui, a councilmember of the Kauai County Council, the council chairperson of the Kauai County Council, a councilmember of the Hawaii County Council representing District 3, and the treasurer of the Hawaii State Association of Counties supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 7 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair