HRS §201B-9
How a tourism emergency is declared and handled
If a major event like a war, disaster, or disease badly hurts Hawaii's tourism and people, the board asks the governor to declare a tourism emergency. After the governor declares it, the authority makes and carries out response plans, including helping tourists. These plans cannot hurt tourism workers, and for economic crises, the governor must approve any action.
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The statute, as written — 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 substantial interruption in the commerce of the State and adversely affecting the welfare of its people, the board shall submit a request to the governor to declare that a tourism emergency exists. (b) Upon declaration by the governor that a tourism emergency exists pursuant to subsection (a), the authority shall develop and implement measures to respond to the tourism emergency, including providing assistance to tourists during the emergency; provided that any tourism emergency response measure implemented pursuant to this subsection shall not include any provision that would adversely affect the organized labor force in tourism-related industries. With respect to a national or global economic crisis only, in addition to the governor's declaration of the existence of a tourism emergency, no action in response to the tourism emergency declaration may be taken by the authority without the governor's express approval.
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