THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

DATE:	Friday, February 2, 2007
TIME:	10:00 a.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 139 SD1 (SSCR2)

RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX. Clarifies that the cigarette tax money earmarked to fund the cancer research center of Hawaii, emergency medical services, trauma care, and community health centers shall be calculated on a per cigarette basis.  (SD1)

HTH/EDT, WAM

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair