STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1027-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 3179
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No.
3179, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOBACCO,"

beg leave to report as follows:

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

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Legislative Information Services of Hawaii.  

     The Office of Information Practices (OIP) submitted
testimony that took "no position" on the substance of the bill.
However, OIP raised concerns with the language of the bill that
would exempt from chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, a
statement to be filed with the Department of Taxation identifying
the quantity, brand, and supplier of cigarettes being imported.

     Upon consideration of this measure, your Committees have
amended this bill by replacing its contents with the substantive
provisions of H.B. No. 2961, H.D. 3, a similar bill that was
reported from your Committee on Finance earlier in this session.

     Your Committees have also amended this measure by replacing
the blank effective date with an effective date of July 1, 2050,
to ensure further discussion on this bill.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
3179, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 3179, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce and
                                   Judiciary and Hawaiian
                                   Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair            RON MENOR, Chair