STAND. COM. REP. NO. 859-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2735

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2735, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Repeal the exemption of the Hawaii Tourism Authority from administrative supervision of boards and commissions; and

(2) Transfer certain functions relating to cultural grants from the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority; and one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2735, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair