STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1563

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1329

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1329, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the Department of Transportation's (DOT) ability to construct, operate, and maintain the State Highway System and maintain the solvency of the State Highway Fund by increasing the State vehicle weight tax.

     DOT and the Department of Taxation testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services and Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1329, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1329, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair