THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2504

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018

S.D. 2

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 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 president and chief executive officer; provided further that the expenditure of moneys to market Hawaii as a tourism destination shall not be considered administrative expenses; 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.

As used in this subsection, "administrative expenses" means basic office operational expenses."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2018.


 


 

Report Title:

Hawaii Tourism Authority; Tourism Special Fund; Administrative Expenses; Marketing

 

Description:

Prohibits the Hawaii Tourism Authority from using administrative expense funds in the tourism special fund for marketing Hawaii as a tourism destination.  (SD2)

 

 

 

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