STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1390-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 3179
                                     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 S.B. No.
3179, 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:

     (1)  The sale and distribution of cigarettes designated for
          export and sale outside the United States; and

     (2)  The altering of such cigarette packages.

     The Legislative Information Services of Hawaii testified in
support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2000; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          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 S.B. No.
3179, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3179, 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