CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.39-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2741
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to discourage smoking and the purchase of cigarettes by:
(1) Raising the excise tax on cigarettes to 10 cents for each cigarette sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after June 30, 2002; and
(2) Removing the June 30, 2006, sunset date on the cigarette and tobacco tax, section 245-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by replacing the 10-cent excise tax per cigarette with the following schedule of excise taxes:
(1) An excise tax equal to 6 cents for each cigarette sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after September 30, 2002;
(2) An excise tax equal to 6.5 cents for each cigarette sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after June 30, 2003; and
(3) An excise tax equal to 7 cents for each cigarette sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after June 30, 2004.
Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ DAVID M. MATSUURA, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI, Co-Chair |
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