STAND. COM. REP. NO.  211

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1128

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1128 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTRA-STATE AVIATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist the airline industry by exempting from general excise and use taxes amounts received from the sale or use of aviation fuel admitted into a foreign-trade zone and purchased by a common carrier for consumption or use in air transportation between two points in the State.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, 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 Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1128, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1128, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development & Business.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair