Ua kāhea ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Maryland i ka pila ʻauhau hōkele

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Ma hope o ka hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻana e ka American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) e kūʻē i ke kānāwai e kau ai i ka ʻauhau kūʻai 6% ma nā uku huakaʻi huakaʻi no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā lumi hōkele ʻo Maryland, ʻo ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Maryland ʻo Larry Hogan i veto i ka bila. He kuleana koʻikoʻi nā lālā o ASTA i ka lanakila ʻana i ka Bila Senate (SB) 190, me ka hōʻike ʻana ma nā hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i kā lākou hihia ma o ke kelepona ʻana, kamaʻilio alo a me ke alo a me nā leka uila, me ka aneane 350 mau leka kākoʻo i hoʻouna ʻia i nā mea hoʻopuka kulekele mokuʻāina ma o ka pūnaewele ʻo ASTA. .

"Ke mahalo nei mākou iā Kia'āina Hogan no ka hōʻole ʻana i kēia bila, ʻo ia ka mea i emi ai ka hoʻokūkū ʻana o nā hōkele ʻo Maryland, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā keʻena ʻo Maryland, a ua hōʻole ʻia nā ʻelele kokoke i 105,000 ma waho o ka mokuʻāina e kūʻai aku i nā hōkele ʻo Maryland," wahi a ka Pelekikena ASTA a me Luna Nui ʻo Zane Kerby. "Ua loaʻa kēia lanakila ma muli o kahi hui ikaika ma waena o ASTA a me nā mea hoʻoili huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻē aʻe, akā ma o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o kā mākou mau lālā kūloko e like me Jay Ellenby, Karen Dunlap a me Larry Swerdlin. Mahalo i kēia mau lālā hoʻoikaika ikaika - a me nā ʻelele a pau o Maryland i komo i kā mākou hoʻolaha ʻāina - ua pale aku nā hui huakaʻi a puni ka ʻāina ma mua o $ 5 miliona o ka makahiki i nā ʻauhau hou ma nā hokele hōkele ʻo Maryland.

Ua hoʻohana ʻo Senate Bill 190 i ka ʻauhau kūʻai aku he 6% o ka mokuʻāina i nā uku lawelawe a me nā ʻelele ʻē aʻe e uku i nā mea kūʻai aku no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kekahi lumi hōkele ma Maryland. Manaʻo ʻo ASTA inā e hoʻokō ʻia e like me ka mea i kākau ʻia, he $81,000 ke kumu kūʻai i nā ʻauhau hou makahiki no nā keʻena huakaʻi ʻo Maryland, hui pū ʻia, a i ʻole $5 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki no nā keʻena holoʻokoʻa.

Ua hoʻoholo ka bila i ka Senate ma Malaki 24 ma ke koho balota o 32 a 15. Ma ʻApelila 8, ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana i kekahi mau hoʻololi e kaupalena i ka hiki ʻana o ka ʻauhau a i ʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi hou i ka bila, me ʻelua i hāʻawi ʻia e Del. Kathy Szeliga (R-Baltimore/ Harford County), ua hoʻoholo ka Hale i ka bila ma ka balota o 84 a 56. Ma ka lā 22 o Mei, ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Kiaʻāina Hogan i ka bila, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana e pili ana i ke koi ʻana a i ʻole nā ​​hui e hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻauhau kūʻai e pili ana i nā puke hōkele ʻo Maryland. Hiki i ka Hui Nui ke ho'āʻo e hoʻopau i ka veto a ke Kia'āina i ka wā e ʻākoakoa ai i Ianuali 2016.

Ua hana koʻikoʻi nā lālā o ka ASTA i ka hakakā e lanakila ai i kēia manaʻo noʻonoʻo ʻole ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Jay Ellenby o Safe Harbors Travel in Bel Air a me ASTA Treasurer i kēia manawa, nāna i hōʻike ʻelua (ma Pepeluali 11 a me Malaki 11) i mua o nā komite kānāwai e hōʻike ana i ke kūʻē ʻana i ka bila, ʻoiai ʻo Larry Swerdlin o Burton Travel in Owings Mills i hōʻike i ka lā Malaki 11. Ma ka lā 1 ʻApelila, hui pū ʻo Karen Dunlap o Travel-On, Ltd. iā Ellenby a me ASTA SVP o ke Aupuni a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Eben Peck ma kahi hālāwai kūkā ma mua o ka mokuʻāina. hale e koi ana i na ahaolelo e kue i ka SB 190. Ua hui pu o Peck a me Kerby me ka Luna Ahaolelo Nui o ke Kiaaina Joseph Getty i ka hoomaka ana o Aperila.

Ke hana nei ʻo ASTA e kūʻē i nā manaʻo hoʻonui ʻauhau hōkele like ma ke kalana me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hoa ʻoihana huakaʻi e like me ka Travel Technology Association, me ka mea hou loa ma Virginia, kahi i koho ai ka ʻahaʻōlelo i kahi bila e kau ai i nā uku i kau ʻia e. "nā mea hoʻolauna hale noho" no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hōkele ʻo Virginia i ka ʻauhau kūʻai a Commonwealth a me nā ʻauhau noho kūloko. Ma ka hana ʻana pēlā, ua hāʻawi ka Society i nā hui huakaʻi e hoʻolohe i ko lākou mau leo ​​e nā luna kānāwai o ka mokuʻāina ma o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kānāwai, nā wahi kamaʻilio a me nā kumuwaiwai ʻē aʻe.

"ʻO ka hana ikaika o nā lālā o Maryland ASTA e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole e paʻi ʻia nā hui huakaʻi ʻo Maryland me kahi $81,000 hou i hui pū ʻia i nā ʻauhau hou i kēlā me kēia makahiki," wahi a Kerby. "Mahalo nui mākou no kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana a no ke Kiaʻāina a me nā luna kānāwai kākoʻo, e like me Delegate Szeliga, ka mea i ʻae ʻaʻole pono e hoʻopili ʻia ka ʻōnaehana huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa me nā ʻauhau hou a me nā ʻāpana ʻulaʻula."