STAND. COM. REP. NO. 123
Honolulu, Hawaii
S.D. 1
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 188 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to taxation.
Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting language to curtail tobacco use among adolescents and young adults and increase state tax revenue as a result of in-state cigar sales by:
(1) Adding a new definition of "premium cigar" and repealing the definition of "large cigar;" and
(2) Increasing the tax rate on sales of certain tobacco products.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 188, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 188, S.D. 1, for further consideration.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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