Report Title:

Tourism Special Fund; Administrative Expenses

Description:

Establishes that not more than 10 per cent of the tourism special fund shall be used for administrative expenses.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

219

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

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-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Moneys in the tourism special fund shall be used by the authority for the purposes of this chapter[,]; provided that:

(1) Not more than [3.5] 10 per cent of this amount shall be used for administrative expenses, including $15,000 for a protocol fund to be expended at the discretion of the executive director; and

(2) At least $1,000,000 shall be made available to support efforts to manage, improve, and protect Hawaii's natural environment and areas frequented by visitors."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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