STAND. COM. REP. 1427
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1267
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1267, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOBACCO,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to clarify and improve provisions related to the Attorney General's responsibilities with regard to cigarette tax stamps and enforcement of the Tobacco Liability Act.
The Attorney General testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee finds this measure will enable the Attorney General's Tobacco Enforcement Unit to carry out its duties more effectively.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Including "offered" in the list of unlawful conduct subjecting cigarettes to seizure under subsection (c) of the new section added to chapter 245 entitled "Prohibition against stamping or sale of cigarettes not listed in the directory pursuant to chapter 486P," to be consistent with subsection (a);
(2) Adding to the proposed new subsection within chapter 486P, Hawaii Revised Statutes, entitled "Use and disclosure of information" a provision allowing the attorney general to share information with the federal government as well as with authorities of other states; and
(3) Making technical, non-substantive changes for clarity, style and conformity with customary drafting style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1267, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1267, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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