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SB982
THE SENATE
S.B. NO.
982
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating
to a state hotel
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION
1.
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The legislature finds that a hotel
owned, operated, and managed by the State has the potential to offer numerous
benefits for the people and economy of Hawaii.
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For instance, a state hotel could create workforce development
opportunities for local residents and better allow the State to promote
regenerative tourism for visitors.
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The
legislature further finds that a state hotel could also support local students'
career development through hospitality, regenerative tourism practices,
sustainable development, and business management programs.
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By providing local students valuable
opportunities to gain professional experience in one of Hawaii's leading
industries, there may be less of a need to search outside the State to recruit upper-level
management and top leadership in the tourism industry.
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The
legislature also finds that a state hotel could accommodate visitors and guests
to university of Hawaii campuses, improve the recruitment of students to the
university of Hawaii, and help generate additional revenue for the university
of Hawaii system.
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Moreover, there is
also the potential for state hotels to eventually expand to more islands in the
State.
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Therefore,
the purpose of this Act is to require the Hawaii tourism authority and school
of travel industry management at the university of Hawaii at Manoa to
collaborate to actively plan for the design, construction, and operations and
management of a state hotel.
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SECTION 2.
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(a)
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The Hawaii tourism authority and school of travel industry
management at the university of Hawaii at Manoa shall
collaborate to actively
plan for the design, construction, and operations and management of a state
hotel.
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(b)
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The state hotel shall be jointly managed by
the Hawaii tourism authority and school of travel industry management at the
university of Hawaii at Manoa.
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(c)
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The state hotel may employ members of labor
unions and students enrolled at the university of Hawaii.
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(d)
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At least twenty days prior to the convening
of the regular sessions of 2026, 2027, and 2028, the Hawaii tourism authority
and school of travel industry management at the university of Hawaii at Manoa shall
submit a report to the legislature regarding the progress of their plans for
the design, construction, and operations and management of a state hotel.
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(e)
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As used in this Act, "state hotel"
means a hotel owned, operated, and managed by the State.
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SECTION 3.
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There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of
$ or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the Hawaii
tourism authority, in collaboration with the school of travel industry
management at the university of Hawaii at Manoa, to actively plan for the
design, construction, and operations and management of a state hotel, including
but not limited to searching for a location and developing a design for the
state hotel.
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The sums
appropriated shall be expended by the
Hawaii tourism authority for the purposes of this Act.
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SECTION 4.
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There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of
$ or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the school of
travel industry management at the university of Hawaii at Manoa, in
collaboration with the Hawaii tourism authority, to actively plan for the
design, construction, and operations and management of a state hotel, including
but not limited to searching for a location and developing a design for the
state hotel.
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The sums
appropriated shall be expended by the
university of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
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SECTION 5.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
provided that sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
State Hotel;
Planning;
Hawaii Tourism Authority; School of Travel Industry Management;
University of Hawaii; Reports;
Appropriation
Description:
Requires
the Hawaii Tourism Authority and School of Travel Industry Management at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa to collaborate to actively plan for the design,
construction, and operations and management of a state hotel.
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Requires reports to the Legislature.
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Appropriates funds.
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