Bill Text: HI SB2406 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-15 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Hussey-Burdick, Matsumoto, Tam voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Perruso, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ganaden, Gates, Martinez, Quinlan excused (5). [SB2406 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2406-Amended.html
|
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2406 |
|
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
S.D. 1 |
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 201B-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The authority may enter into contracts and
agreements that include the following:
(1) Tourism promotion, marketing, and development;
(2) Market development-related research;
(3) Product development and diversification issues
focused on visitors;
(4) Promotion, development, and coordination of
sports-related activities and events;
(5) Promotion of Hawaii, through a coordinated
statewide effort, as a place to do business, including high technology business,
and as a business destination;
(6) Reduction of barriers to travel;
(7) Marketing, management, use, operation, or
maintenance of the convention center facility, including the purchase or sale
of goods or services, logo items, concessions, sponsorships, and license
agreements, or any use of the convention center facility as a commercial
enterprise; provided that effective January 1, [2020,] 2025,
and thereafter, [contracts issued pursuant to this paragraph for the
marketing of all uses of] the contract for management of the
convention center facility [may be issued separately from the management,
use, operation, or maintenance of the] shall include marketing for all
uses of the facility;
(8) Tourism research and statistics to:
(A) Measure and analyze tourism trends;
(B) Provide information and research to assist in
the development and implementation of state tourism policy; and
(C) Provide tourism information on:
(i) Visitor arrivals, visitor characteristics, and
expenditures;
(ii) The number of transient accommodation units
available, occupancy rates, and room rates;
(iii) Airline-related data including seat capacity
and number of flights;
(iv) The economic, social, and physical impacts of
tourism on the State; and
(v) The effects of the marketing programs of the
authority on the measures of effectiveness developed pursuant to section
201B-6(b); and
(9) Any and all other activities necessary to
carry out the intent of this chapter;
provided that the authority shall [periodically]
submit a report of the
contracts and agreements entered into by the authority to the governor, the
speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
HTA; Contracts; Marketing; Hawaii Convention Center; Authority; Powers; Reports
Description:
Requires contracts entered into by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for management of the Hawaii Convention Center facility to include marketing for all uses of the facility. Requires HTA to submit a report. (SD1)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
