STAND. COM. REP. NO.  633

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 749

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 749 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Beach Clean-Up Special Fund, which shall be funded by:

(1)  The imposition of a Beach Clean-Up Cigarette Fee on the wholesalers and dealers of cigarettes;

(2)  Appropriations made by the legislature; and

(3)  Donations and contributions made by private individuals or organizations.

A concerned individual provided testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance commented on this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 749 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair