STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1572

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1009

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1009, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require that hotels notify customers that porterage service charges are being used for other purposes unless they are distributed in full to employees as tip income.

 

     The ILWU Local 142, UNITE Here Local 5, and several individuals supported this measure. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1009, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1009, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair