STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2906
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2248
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2248, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to ensure that charitable organizations that are not tax exempt disclose in solicitations whether charitable donations are tax deductible similar to requirements of charitable organizations that are tax exempt.
Specifically, this bill requires professional solicitors to disclose to contributors whether a donation will be tax deductible and allows the Attorney General to suspend or revoke the registration of a charitable organization or professional solicitor when the registrant has failed to completely file a financial report as required.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended the bill by:
(1) Deleting the amendments to the definitions of "solicit" and "solicitation" beginning on page 4, line 3, through page 6, line 4, and replacing it with amendments to the definition of "contribution" in section 467B-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, pursuant to recommendations of the Attorney General;
(2) Re-numbering the paragraphs under section 2 of the bill accordingly; and
(3) Making technical amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2248, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2248, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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