(a) The department may audit the records of any charter tour operator with respect to its funds. For that purpose, the department shall have free access to the office and places of business of the charter tour operator. Notwithstanding section 468L-3(6), the department may contract with a private consultant to audit the records of any charter tour operator, the cost of which shall be borne by the charter tour operator regardless of whether a violation of this chapter is established.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-28

  • Charter tour: means any travel services in which a travel agency contracts with an air carrier and offers for sale a charter, with or without related ground transportation or hotel accommodations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
  • Charter tour operator: means any person who sells or offers for sale charter tours, whether offered on a wholesale or retail basis, excluding any direct air carrier as defined by title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, section 380. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
  • Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
  • Travel agency: means any person who for compensation or other consideration, acts or attempts to act as an intermediary between a person seeking to purchase travel services and any person seeking to sell travel services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
(b) The director, upon notice and hearing pursuant to chapter 91, may temporarily suspend or may revoke the registration as a travel agency of any charter tour operator who fails to cooperate with the department in any examination or audit of the charter tour operator conducted or contracted for by the director.

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