Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 316 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Attorney General to identify any legal impediments that would prevent the Department of Taxation from collecting the general excise tax surcharge for county mass transportation projects. This concurrent resolution further requests the Department of Taxation to submit a plan to the Legislature for the administration and collection of the surcharge.

The Department of the Attorney General provided comments on this concurrent resolution.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 316 and recommends its adoption.