| Measure Title: | RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. |
| Report Title: | Hawaii tourism authority |
| Description: | Exempts HTA from chapter 38, relating to deposits of public funds and chapter 40 relating to audits and accounting. Authorizes executive director to disburse funds by checks. Increases the amount of the tourism special fund for administration expenses to 5%. Authorizes accrued interest and revenues from agreements to be used for HTA purposes. Requires certified annual audits (HB225 HD1). |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | CHANG, KARAMATSU, HALE, HERKES, B. OSHIRO, ITO, ABINSAY, TAMAYO, SONSON, Schatz |
| Current Referral: | TAC, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/17/2003 | H | Introduced |
| 1/21/2003 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 1/22/2003 | H | Referred to TAC, FIN, referral sheet 2. |
| 1/29/2003 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by TAC on Friday, 01-31-03 at 9:00 am in House conference room 325. |
| 1/31/2003 | H | The committees on TAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Chang, Karamatsu, Herkes, Schatz; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Abinsay, Magaoay, B. Oshiro, Sonson, Wakai, Leong, Marumoto, Ontai; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Jernigan; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tamayo. |
| 2/4/2003 | H | Reported from the committee on TAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 60) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 2/4/2003 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Blundell, Jernigan, Stonebraker voting no and Representative(s) Hiraki, Sonson excused. |
| 8/21/2003 | D | Carried over to 2004 Regular Session |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment