(a) A travel agency or charter tour operator shall maintain all books and records necessary to comply with this chapter and its rules.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-5.5

  • 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
  • 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) A travel agency or charter tour operator shall keep and maintain for a period of at least two years copies of all bank statements, deposit slips, canceled checks, drafts, and wire or electronic transaction documents relating to client trust accounts. The travel agency, charter tour operator, or any branch offices shall make such records available for inspection and audit within three business days of a written request by the director. Nothing herein shall prevent the director from inspecting and auditing the books and records of the travel agency, charter tour operator, or any branch offices, as otherwise provided under this chapter or its rules.

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