STAND. COM. REP. NO. 992
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1500
S.D. 3
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1500, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION COUNTY SURCHARGE IMPLEMENTATION COSTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation of $4,500,000, for fiscal year 2006-2007 to the Department of Taxation to reimburse it for costs incurred in implementing and administering the county surcharge on the general excise tax, including the costs of the computer vendor.
Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Department of Taxation and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Budget and Fiscal Services.
Your Committee has amended this measure to:
(1) Comply with the requirements of section 9 of article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, by inserting a new section 5 which states that the appropriation in this bill will cause the general fund expenditure ceiling to be exceeded by $4,500,000, or an additional 0.084 per cent. As required by section 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the new section of this Act also sets forth the reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2006-2007; and
(2) Make technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 1500, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1500, S.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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