STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1201-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2840
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2840, S.D. 2, 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 protect the health and safety of the public. Among other things, this bill:
(1) Prohibits the distribution of untaxed cigarettes via telephone, mail order, or the Internet by creating a new offense of unlawful shipment of cigarettes;
(2) Clarifies the seizure and confiscation powers of the Department of the Attorney General (AG); and
(3) Safeguards the continued receipt of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (Tobacco Settlement) funds by limiting the supersedeas bond that Tobacco Settlement signatories and their successors and affiliates must post to stay the execution of a judgement during appeal.
The Department of Health, AG, American Lung Association of Hawaii, and Philip Morris USA, Inc., testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Food Industry Association supported the intent of this measure. The American Heart Association and Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii commented on this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; 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 S.B. No. 2840, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2840, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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