STAND. COM. REP. NO. 756-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2961
                                     H.D. 3




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2961, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOBACCO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale and
distribution of cigarettes designated for export and sale outside
the United States and the altering of cigarette packages.

     The Department of Health and the Legislative Information
Services of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting references to the cigarette tax stamp and
          licensing of cigarettes; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2961, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2961, H.D.
3.


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair