Title 13, Planning And Economic Development

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 or its political subdivisions. "Authority" means the Hawaii tourism authority est…

§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 the revenues prescribed by section 237D-6.5(b) and all investment earnings credited to the …

§201B-12 Exemption of authority from taxation. All revenues and receipts derived by the authority from any project or a project agreement or other agreement pertaining thereto shall be exempt from all state taxation. Any right, title, and interest of the authority in any project …

§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 meet monthly or as the authority deems necessary, which may include the d…

[§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, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public nece…

§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 to the validity of this chapter, shall be preferred over all other civil cases, except election cases, in …

§201B-16 Annual report. The authority shall submit a complete and detailed report of its activities, expenditures, and results, including the progress of the strategic tourism management plan developed pursuant to section 201B-6, toward achieving the authority's strategic plan go…

§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 of implementing this chapter. The autho…

[§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 for the board solely in cases of contract negotiations in which the attorney general lacks suffici…

§201B-3 Powers, generally. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority may: (b) The authority shall do any and all things necessary to carry out its purposes, to exercise the powers and responsibilities given in this chapter, and to perform other functions required or …

§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 board to receive: the board may enter into an executive meeting that is closed to the public in accordance with the proce…

§201B-6 Strategic tourism management plan; measures of effectiveness. (a) The authority shall be responsible for developing a strategic tourism management plan that advances tourism marketing, complies with destination management best practices, and promotes regenerative tourism.…

[§201B-6.2] Tourism functional plan. Pursuant to section 226-55, the authority, in coordination with the office of planning and sustainable development, shall prepare and periodically update the tourism functional plan to include tourism economic goals set out in chapter 226, the…

[§201B-6.4] Destination management action plans; counties; objectives; execution. To meet the destination management objectives for each county, the authority shall perform the actions specified in each of the following plans: during the specified phases; provided that the execut…

§201B-7 Tourism-related activities. (a) The authority may enter into contracts and agreements that include the following: provided that the authority shall periodically submit a report of the contracts and agreements entered into by the authority to the governor, speaker of the h…

[§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 indi…

§201B-8 Convention center enterprise special fund. (a) There is established the convention center enterprise special fund, into which shall be deposited: (b) Moneys in the convention center enterprise special fund shall be used by the authority for the payment of expenses arising…

§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, or other catastrophic event adversely affects Hawaii's tourism industry by resulting in a s…