HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

96

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THE COUNTIES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF REGULATING and LICENSING BED AND BREAKFAST HOMES AND TRANSIENT VACATION UNITS.

 

 

WHEREAS, Hawaii’s thriving economy depends on its reputation of being a desirable visitor destination, providing all types of accommodations for various types of visitors; and

WHEREAS, the bed and breakfast home and transient vacation unit industry offers a home away from home setting for visitors to the islands who prefer the personal services and hospitality of these accommodations; and

WHEREAS, the counties are not effectively addressing the issue of regulating these types of visitor accommodations, resulting in the loss of general excise or transient accommodations tax revenues, or both, and placing owners of these types of visitor accommodations in a tenuous position of not knowing what the future holds; and

WHEREAS, those who have been operating legal bed and breakfast homes and transient vacation units and paying their taxes deserve the peace of mind that their industry is being appropriately regulated; and

WHEREAS, the bed and breakfast home and transient vacation unit industry recognizes that the counties are the appropriate governmental entity to regulate their industry; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2005, that the City and County of Honolulu, the County of Hawaii, the County of Maui, and the County of Kauai, are requested to determine and establish appropriate regulatory requirements for bed and breakfast homes and transient vacation units in their respective counties, including the consideration of imposing a licensing fee to support the enforcement of county policy; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each county is requested to submit a report to the Legislature, no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2006, describing its action plan to institute such regulating requirements; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Mayor and the Chairperson of the Council of each county.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Bed and Breakfast; Transient Vacation Units.