Hawaii Revised Statutes 201b. Hawaii Tourism Authority

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 201b-1 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: "Agency" means any agency, department, authority, board, commission, the University of Hawaii, or any other unit of the State...
• 201b-2 Hawaii Tourism Authority; Establishment; Board; President and Chief Executive Officer.
  (a) There is established the Hawaii tourism authority, which shall be a body corporate and a public instrumentality of the State, for the purpose...
• 201b-2.5 Authority, Private Attorneys.
  (a) The board may appoint or retain by contract one or more attorneys who are independent of the attorney general to provide legal services...
• 201b-3 Powers, Generally.
  (a) Except as otherwise limited by this chapter, the authority may: (1) Sue and be sued; (2) Have a seal and alter the same...
• 201b-4 Meetings of the Board.
  (a) The meetings of the board shall be open to the public as provided in section 92-3, except that when it is necessary for the...
• 201b-5 Exemption of Hawaii Tourism Authority From Administrative Supervision of Boards and Commissions
  . Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the authority shall be exempt from section 26-35 with the exception of section 26-35(a)(2), (3), (7), (8) and...
• 201b-6 Tourism Marketing Plan; Measures of Effectiveness.
  (a) The authority shall be responsible for developing a tourism marketing plan. The plan shall be a single, comprehensive document that shall be updated...
• 201b-7 Tourism-Related Activities.
  (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...
• 201b-7.5 Applicability of Hawaii Public Procurement Code; Convention Center Contractor; Construction Contracts.
  The construction contracts for the maintenance of the convention center facility by the private contractor that operates the convention center, by its direct or...
• 201b-8 Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the convention center enterprise special fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) A portion of the revenues from the transient...
• 201b-8.5 Revenue Bonds for Conservation Easement in Turtle Bay, Oahu.
  (a) As authorized by section 6 of Act 81, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, the authority shall issue revenue bonds to acquire a conservation...
• 201b-8.6 Turtle Bay Conservation Easement Special Fund.
  (a) There is established the Turtle Bay conservation easement special fund. (b) Transient accommodations tax revenues allocated to the Turtle Bay conservation easement special...
• 201b-9 Tourism Emergency.
  (a) If the board determines that the occurrence of a world conflict, terrorist threat, national or global economic crisis, natural disaster, outbreak of disease,...
• 201b-10 Tourism Emergency Special Fund.
  (a) There is established outside the state treasury a tourism emergency special fund to be administered by the board, into which shall be deposited...

PART II. TOURISM SPECIAL FUND; EXEMPTIONS; REPORTS

• 201b-11 Tourism Special Fund.
  (a) There is established in the state treasury the tourism special fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) A portion of the revenues from...
• 201b-12 Exemption of Authority From Taxation and Hawaii Public Procurement Code.
  (a) All revenues and receipts derived by the authority from any project or a project agreement or other agreement pertaining thereto shall be exempt...
• 201b-13 Assistance by State and County Agencies; Advisory Group.
  (a) Any state or county agency may render services upon request of the authority. (b) The authority may establish an advisory group that may...
• 201b-14 Declaration of Public Function, Purpose, and Necessity.
  The powers and functions granted to and exercised by the Hawaii tourism authority under this chapter are declared to be public and governmental functions,...
• 201b-15 Court Proceedings; Preferences; Venue.
  (a) Any action or proceeding to which the authority, the State, or the county may be a party, in which any question arises as...
• 201b-16 Annual Report.
  The authority shall submit a complete and detailed report of its activities, expenditures, and results, including the progress of the tourism marketing plan developed...

Last modified: October 27, 2016