STAND. COM. REP. NO.  735

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 39

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 39, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE REVENUES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Add a $5 surcharge to certain fees assessed by a state         agency; and

     (2)  Require the deposit of this surcharge into the general         fund.

     The Department of Budget and Finance supported this bill.  The Department of Taxation, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, University of Hawaii System, and Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by 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 H.B. No. 39, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 39, H.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair