STAND. COM. REP. NO.  355

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 572

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 572 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve structures used to house our visitors by requiring each county, within twelve months of the effective date of this bill, to adopt ordinances requiring that the development, redevelopment, renovation, or modification of any structure containing transient accommodations be developed, redeveloped, renovated, or modified in accordance with the latest edition of the International Building Code as published by the International Code Council.

     The Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association did not support this bill.  Outrigger Hotels & Resorts submitted comments on this measure.

     Your Committees find that the provisions contained in this measure help to better prepare our transient accommodation facilities in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the period of time within which the counties must adopt the ordinances to an unspecified length of time to encourage further discussion;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2025, to             encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style,         clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 572, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 572, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns,

____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair