STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1635

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 528

      S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 528, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOBACCO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

    The purpose of this bill is to continue to regulate the sale of tobacco by making permanent the retail tobacco permit law that was established in Act 131, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005.

     The Department of Taxation, Department of the Attorney General, American Cancer Society, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, Hawaii Food Industry Association, American Heart Association, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual submitted comments.

     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. 528, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair