STAND. COM. REP. NO.  10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 656

      H.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 Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 656 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to give liquor licensees who are delinquent in paying their taxes, a window of opportunity to renew their licenses, ending July 1, 2012, if they have entered into an approved installment plan with the state or federal tax departments, and are current in payments and not in default.

     The Department of Taxation and Honolulu Liquor Commission  commented.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 656, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 656, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair