HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1049 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
S.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TAXATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 243, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§243- Chapter
235 and chapter 237 applicable.
All of the provisions of chapters 235
and 237 not inconsistent with this chapter and that may appropriately be
applied to the taxes, persons, circumstances, and situations involved in this
chapter, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) provisions
as to penalties and interest, and provisions granting administrative powers to
the director of taxation, and provisions for the assessment, levy, and
collection of taxes, shall be applicable to the taxes imposed by this chapter,
and to the assessment, levy, and collection thereof."
SECTION
2. Section 231-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read
as follows:
""Director"
means the director of taxation, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise."
SECTION
3. Section 243-1, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By repealing the definition of
"director":
[""Director"
means the director of finance of the State."]
2. By repealing the definition of
"month" or "calendar month":
[""Month"
or "calendar month" means each full month of the calendar year;
provided that whenever the books of any distributor in any county are kept on
such a basis that its monthly records are made up on a basis other than a
calendar month so that each business month of the distributor ends on some
other day than the last day of the calendar month, and the distributor presents
a sworn application to the department of taxation setting forth such facts and
requesting that it be granted the privilege of making returns and paying the
taxes and performing other duties required of it under this chapter upon the
basis of such business month rather than a calendar month, the department shall
in writing grant such privilege and thereupon, as to such distributor, the
terms "month" or "calendar month" shall be deemed to mean
and refer to such business month, and all returns and payments under this
chapter shall be made upon the basis of such business month and all
delinquencies and penalties shall attach and be calculated as of the last day
of such business month."]
SECTION 4. Section 243-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§243-2
Distributors to register and be licensed. (a) Every distributor, and any person before
becoming a distributor, shall register as such with the department of taxation
on forms to be prescribed, prepared, and furnished by the department and the
department shall issue to such distributor a license which shall be valid until
revoked by the department as hereinafter provided. [However, distributors who cannot legally
be required by the State to so register and be licensed, or to perform the
duties required of distributors by any other provisions of this chapter, shall
be deemed to be excluded from the operation of such provisions.]
(b) Any license issued under this chapter shall
not be assignable and shall be conspicuously displayed on the licensed premises
of the licensee. Whenever a license is
defaced, destroyed, or lost, or the licensed premises are relocated, the
department may issue a duplicate license to the licensee upon the payment of a
fee of 50 cents.
(c) The department may suspend or revoke any
license issued under this chapter whenever the department finds that the
licensee has failed to comply with this chapter or any rule adopted under this
chapter, or for any other good cause.
Good cause includes, but is not limited to, instances where an applicant
or licensee has:
(1) Submitted a false or fraudulent application or provided a false statement in an application;
(2) Possessed or displayed a false or fraudulent license;
(3) Failed to comply with, violated, or been convicted of violating any county, state, or federal law directly pertaining to the sale, importation, acquisition, possession, distribution, transportation, or smuggling of fuel, including but not limited to petroleum products and alternative fuels; or
(4) Maintained incomplete or inaccurate records when and if required to be kept.
Upon suspending or revoking any license, the
department may request that the licensee surrender the license or any duplicate
issued to, or printed by, the licensee and the licensee shall surrender the
license or duplicate promptly to the department as requested.
(d) When the department suspends or revokes a
license, the department shall immediately notify the licensee and afford the
licensee a hearing, if requested; provided that a hearing has not already been
afforded. The department shall provide
no less than thirty days notice to the licensee of a hearing afforded under this
subsection. After the hearing, the
department shall:
(1) Rescind its order of suspension;
(2) Continue the suspension;
(3) Revoke the license; or
(4) Rescind its order of revocation."
SECTION 5. Section 243-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§243-3 Retail dealers, permits; certificates. (a) The certificate of a retail dealer as to the amount of the retail dealer's retail sales during the month, referred to in section 243-10, is of no validity unless at the time of making the certificate the retail dealer holds a permit from the department of taxation, which is then in effect. In order to obtain a permit, a retail dealer shall make an application to the department therefor, in such form as the department prescribes, and containing such information as the department requires.
(b) Any person who makes a false or fraudulent application or certificate or false statement in an application or certificate provided for by this chapter, with intent to defraud the State or to obtain, for a licensed distributor, an unauthorized credit, or who in any manner intentionally deceives or attempts to deceive the department in relation to an application or certificate provided for by this chapter, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(c) No permit shall be issued to a retail dealer unless the department is satisfied that:
(1) The retail dealer, as to all of the liquid fuel purchased by the retail dealer from licensed distributors, is engaged exclusively in selling the same at retail, and is not using the liquid fuel for any other purpose; or
(2) The retail dealer maintains on the premises a pump or pumps drawing on tanks into which fuel is delivered by licensed distributors and from which no liquid fuel is drawn by the retailer for any purpose other than the sale thereof at retail, and the retail dealer further maintains records showing the quantity of liquid fuel on hand in those tanks at the beginning and end of each month and the deliveries into those tanks made by licensed distributors during the month; or
(3) The retail dealer maintains records by which retail sales of liquid fuel purchased from licensed distributors are segregated from all other sales or uses of liquid fuel, and further showing the quantity of liquid fuel on hand at the beginning and end of each month and the purchases of liquid fuel from licensed distributors during the month.
(d) Permits to retail dealers shall be issued on an annual basis and shall expire at the end of each calendar year. A fee of $5 shall be charged for each permit or renewal thereof. Permits shall be numbered and each certificate made by a retail dealer holding a permit shall bear the same identifying number as the permit which the retail dealer holds.
[(e) The department may revoke a permit upon the
grounds hereinafter stated, after notice to the retail dealer holding the
permit informing the retail dealer of the grounds of the proposed revocation
and of the time and place at which a hearing will be held thereon. If the department finds, after the hearing,
that there is good cause therefor it may revoke the permit. The permit may be revoked upon any of the
following grounds:
(1) A false or fraudulent application or false
statement in an application;
(2) The giving of a false or fraudulent certificate
or a false statement in a certificate;
(3) Failure to maintain the practices or
records required by paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (c), whichever is
applicable as shown by the retail dealer's application for the permit;
(4) Incomplete or inaccurate records when and
if required to be kept.]
(e) Any entity that operates as a distributor and
also sells fuel to consumers at retail shall acquire a separate retail dealer
permit.
(f) Each retail dealer who holds a permit issued by the department which remains in effect, may make a certificate showing the amount of retail sales, made by the retail dealer during the month, of liquid fuel purchased from a licensed distributor, and further may furnish such certificate to the licensed distributor from whom the retail dealer purchased the liquid fuel, for the retail dealer's use as provided, in section 243-10.
(g) A retail dealer permit shall be nonassignable
and nontransferable from one entity to another entity. A retail dealer permit may be transferred from
one business location to another business location after an application has
been filed with the department requesting that transfer and approval has been
obtained from the department.
(h) A retail dealer permit issued under this
section shall be displayed at all times in a conspicuous place at the place of
business requiring the permit.
(i) The department may suspend, revoke, or
decline to renew any permit issued under this chapter whenever the department
finds that the applicant has failed to comply with this chapter or any rule
adopted under this chapter, or for any other good cause. Good cause includes, but is not limited to,
instances where an applicant or permittee has:
(1) Submitted a false or fraudulent application or provided a false statement in an application;
(2) Possessed or displayed a false or fraudulent permit;
(3) Provided a false or fraudulent certificate or made a false statement in a certificate;
(4) Failed to comply with, violated, or been convicted of violating any county, state, or federal law directly pertaining to the sale, importation, acquisition, possession, distribution, transportation, or smuggling of fuel, including but not limited to petroleum products and alternative fuels; or
(5) Maintained incomplete or inaccurate records when and if required to be kept.
Upon suspending or revoking any permit, the
department may request that the permittee surrender the permit or any duplicate
issued to, or printed by, the permittee and the permittee shall surrender the
permit or duplicate promptly to the department as requested.
(j) When the department suspends, revokes, or
declines to renew a permit, the department shall immediately notify the
applicant or permittee and afford the applicant or permittee a hearing, if
requested; provided that a hearing has not already been afforded. The department shall provide no less than thirty
days notice to the applicant or permittee of a hearing afforded under this subsection. After the hearing, the department shall:
(1) Rescind its order of suspension;
(2) Continue the suspension;
(3) Revoke the permit;
(4) Rescind its order of revocation;
(5) Decline to renew the permit; or
(6) Renew the permit."
SECTION
6. Section 243-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) Each distributor subject to the tax imposed
by subsection (a) or (b), on or before the [last] twentieth day
of each calendar month, shall file with the [director,] department,
on forms prescribed[, prepared, and furnished] by the [director,]
department, a return statement of the tax under this section for which
the distributor is liable for the preceding month. The form and payment of the tax shall be
transmitted to the department [of taxation in the appropriate district]."
SECTION
7. Section 243-10, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§243-10
Statements and payments. Each
distributor and each person subject to section [243-4(b),] 243-4,
on or before the twentieth day of each calendar month, shall file with the [director
of taxation,] department, on forms prescribed[, prepared, and
furnished] by the [director,] department, a statement,
authenticated as provided in section 231-15, showing separately for each county
and for the island of Lanai and the island of Molokai within which and whereon
fuel is sold or used during each preceding month of the calendar year, the
following:
(1) The total number of gallons of fuel refined,
manufactured, or compounded by the distributor or person within the State and
sold or used by the distributor or person, and if for ultimate use in another
county or on either island, the name of that county or island;
(2) The total number of gallons of fuel acquired
by the distributor or person during the month from persons not subject to the
tax on the transaction or only subject to tax thereon at the rate of 1 cent per
gallon, as the case may be, and sold or used by the distributor or person, and
if for ultimate use in another county or on either island, the name of that
county or island;
(3) The total number of gallons of fuel sold by
the distributor or person to the United States or any department or agency
thereof, or to any other person or entity, or used in any manner, the effect of
which sale or use is to exempt the fuel from the tax imposed by this chapter; and
(4) Additional information relative to the
acquisition, purchase, manufacture, or importation into the State, and the
sale, use, or other disposition, of diesel oil by the distributor or person during
the month, as the department of taxation by rule shall prescribe.
At
the time of submitting the foregoing report to the department, each distributor
and person shall pay the tax on each gallon of fuel (including diesel oil) sold
or used by the distributor or person in each county and on the island of Lanai
and the island of Molokai during the preceding month, as shown by the statement
and required by this chapter; provided that the tax shall not apply to any fuel
exempted and so long as the same is exempted from the imposition of the tax by
the Constitution or laws of the United States; and the tax shall be paid only
once upon the same fuel; provided further that a licensed distributor shall be
entitled, in computing the tax the licensed distributor is required to pay, to
deduct from the gallons of fuel reported for the month for each county or for
the island of Lanai or the island of Molokai, as the case may be, one gallon
for each ninety-nine gallons of like liquid fuel sold by retail dealers in that
county or on that island during the month, as shown by certificates furnished
by the retail dealers to the distributor and attached to the distributor's
report. All taxes payable for any month
shall be delinquent after the expiration of the twentieth day of the following month.
Statements
filed under this section concerning the number of gallons of fuel refined,
manufactured, compounded, imported, sold or used by the distributor or person
are public records. All other
information filed under this chapter and not expressly made public record under
this section shall not be public records."
SECTION 8. Section 244D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "dealer" to read as follows:
""Dealer"
means the holder of a manufacturer's license, a wholesaler's license, [or]
a brewpub's license, a winery's license, or a small craft producer's license
under the liquor law."
SECTION
9. Section 244D-2, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§244D-2[]] Permit.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any
dealer to sell liquor unless a permit has been issued to the dealer as
hereinafter prescribed, and such permit is in full force and effect.
(b) The liquor commission shall certify to the
department of taxation [from time to time and within forty-eight hours after
such license is issued] the name of every dealer, together with the
dealer's place of business and the period covered by the dealer's license. The department [thereupon] shall issue
its permit to such person for the period covered by the person's license upon
the payment of a permit fee of $2.50.
The permit shall be issued by the department as of the date when the
liquor commission issued the license.
(c) Any permit issued under this chapter shall be
for the period covered by the dealer's license and shall not be assignable;
it shall be conspicuously displayed on the licensed premises of the permittee;
it shall expire upon the expiration of the period covered by the permittee's
license, or on June 30 next succeeding the date upon which it is issued, whichever
is earlier, unless sooner suspended, surrendered, or revoked for cause by
the department; and it shall be renewed annually before July 1, upon
fulfillment of all requirements as in the case of an original permit and the payment
of a renewal fee of $2.50. Whenever a
permit is defaced, destroyed, or lost, or the licensed premises are relocated,
the department may issue a duplicate permit to the permittee upon the payment
of a fee of 50 cents.
(d) [The department may suspend, or, after hearing,
revoke, any permit issued under this chapter whenever it finds that the
permittee has failed to comply with this chapter, or any rule or regulation of
the department prescribed, adopted, and promulgated under this chapter. Upon suspending or revoking any permit the
department shall request the permittee to surrender to it immediately the
permit, or any duplicate thereof issued to the permittee, and the permittee
shall surrender the same promptly to the department as requested.] The
department may suspend, revoke, or decline to renew any permit issued under
this chapter whenever the department finds that the applicant has failed to
comply with this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, or for any other
good cause. Good cause includes, but is
not limited to, instances where an applicant or permittee has:
(1) Submitted a false or fraudulent application or provided a false statement in an application;
(2) Possessed or displayed a false or fraudulent permit;
(3) Failed to comply with, violated, or been convicted of violating any county, state, or federal law directly pertaining to the sale, importation, acquisition, possession, distribution, transportation, or smuggling of liquor; or
(4) Maintained incomplete or inaccurate records when and if required to be kept.
Upon suspending or revoking any permit, the
department may request that the permittee surrender the permit or any duplicate
issued to, or printed by, the permittee and the permittee shall surrender the
permit or duplicate promptly to the department as requested.
(e)
Whenever the department suspends,
revokes, or declines to renew a permit, it shall notify the applicant or
permittee immediately and afford the applicant or permittee a hearing,
if desired, and if a hearing has not already been afforded. The department shall
provide no less than thirty days notice to the applicant or
permittee of a hearing afforded under this subsection. After the hearing the department shall [either
rescind its order of suspension, or good cause appearing therefor, shall
continue the suspension or revoke the permit.]:
(1) Rescind its order of suspension;
(2) Continue the suspension;
(3) Revoke the permit;
(4) Rescind its order of revocation;
(5) Decline to renew the permit; or
(6) Renew the permit."
SECTION
10. Section 244D-4, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Every person who sells or uses any liquor in the
State not taxable under this chapter, in respect of the transaction by which
the person or the person's vendor acquired the liquor, shall pay a gallonage
tax [which] that is hereby imposed at the following rates for the
various liquor categories defined in section 244D-1:
[For
the period July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, the tax rate shall be:
(1) $5.92 per wine gallon on distilled spirits;
(2) $2.09 per wine gallon on sparkling wine;
(3) $1.36 per wine gallon on still wine;
(4) $0.84 per wine gallon on cooler beverages;
(5) $0.92 per wine gallon on beer other than
draft beer;
(6) $0.53 per wine gallon on draft beer;
On
July 1, 1998, and thereafter, the tax rate shall be:]
(1) $5.98 per wine gallon on distilled spirits;
(2) $2.12 per wine gallon on sparkling wine;
(3) $1.38 per wine gallon on still wine;
(4) $0.85 per wine gallon on cooler beverages;
(5) $0.93 per wine gallon on beer other than draft
beer;
(6) $0.54 per wine gallon on draft beer;
and at a proportionate rate for any
other quantity so sold or used."
SECTION
11. Section 244D-6, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§244D-6
Return, form, contents. Every
taxpayer [shall], on or before the twentieth day of each month, shall
file with the department [of taxation in the taxation district in which the
taxpayer's business premises are located, or with the department in Honolulu,]
a return showing all sales of liquor by gallonage and dollar volume in each
liquor category defined in section 244D-1 and taxed under section 244D-4(a)
made by the taxpayer during the preceding month, showing separately the amount of
the nontaxable sales, and the amount of the taxable sales, and the tax payable
thereon. [The return shall also show
the amount of liquor by gallonage and dollar volume in each liquor category
defined in section 244D-1 and taxed under section 244D-4(a) used during the
preceding month which is subject to tax, and the tax payable thereon.] The form of return shall be prescribed by the
department and shall contain such information as it may deem necessary for the
proper administration of this chapter."
SECTION 12. Section 245-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§245-2 License. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of a wholesaler or dealer in the State without having received first a license therefor issued by the department of taxation under this chapter; provided that this section shall not be construed to supersede any other law relating to licensing of persons in the same business.
(b) The license shall be issued by the department upon application therefor, in such form and manner as shall be required by rule of the department, and the payment of a fee of $2.50, and shall be renewable annually on July 1 for the twelve months ending the succeeding June 30.
(c) Any license issued under this chapter shall
not be assignable and shall be conspicuously displayed on the licensed premises
of the licensee. Whenever a license is
defaced, destroyed, or lost, or the licensed premises are relocated, the
department may issue a duplicate license to the licensee upon the payment of a
fee of 50 cents.
[(c)]
(d) The department may suspend [or,
after hearing], revoke, or decline to renew any license issued under
this chapter whenever the department finds that the applicant or licensee has
failed to comply with this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, or
for any other good cause. Good cause
includes but is not limited to instances where an applicant or licensee has:
(1) Submitted a false or fraudulent application or
provided a false statement in an application; [or]
(2) Possessed or displayed a false or fraudulent
license[.];
(3) Failed to comply with, violated, or been convicted of violating any county, state, or federal law directly pertaining to the sale, importation, acquisition, possession, stamping, distribution, transportation, or smuggling of cigarettes, counterfeit cigarettes, counterfeit tax stamps, or other tobacco products; or
(4) Maintained incomplete or inaccurate records when and if required to be kept.
Upon suspending or revoking any license, the
department [shall] may request that the licensee immediately surrender
the license or any duplicate issued to, or printed by, the licensee and
the licensee shall surrender the license or duplicate promptly to the
department as requested.
[(d)]
(e) Whenever the department
suspends, revokes, or declines to renew a license, the department shall notify
the applicant or licensee immediately and afford the applicant or licensee a
hearing, if requested and if a hearing has not already been afforded. The department shall
provide no less than thirty days notice to the applicant or licensee of a
hearing afforded under this subsection.
After the hearing, the department shall:
(1) Rescind its order of suspension;
(2) Continue the suspension;
(3) Revoke the license;
(4) Rescind its order of revocation;
(5) Decline to renew the license; or
(6) Renew the license."
SECTION
13. Section 245-2.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsections (a) and (b) to read:
"(a)
[Beginning December 1, 2006, every]
Every retailer engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and other tobacco
products upon which a tax is required to be paid under this chapter shall obtain
a retail tobacco permit.
(b) [Beginning March 1, 2007, it] It
shall be unlawful for any retailer engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and
other tobacco products upon which a tax is required to be paid under this chapter
to sell, possess, keep, acquire, distribute, or transport cigarettes or other tobacco
products for retail sale unless a retail tobacco permit has been issued to the retailer
under this section and the retail tobacco permit is in full force and effect."
2.
By amending subsections (l), (m), and (n)
to read:
"(l) A permittee shall keep a complete and accurate
record of the permittee's cigarette or tobacco product inventory. The records shall:
(1) Include:
(A) A written statement containing the name and
address of the permittee's source of its cigarettes and tobacco products;
(B) The date of delivery, quantity, trade name or
brand, and price of the cigarettes and tobacco products; and
(C) Documentation in the form of any purchase
orders, invoices, bills of lading, other written statements, books, papers, or
records in whatever format, including electronic format, which substantiate the
purchase or acquisition of the cigarettes and tobacco products stored or
offered for sale; and
(2) Be offered for inspection and examination
within twenty-four hours of demand by the department or the attorney general, and
shall be preserved for a period of [three] five years; provided
that:
(A) Specified records may be destroyed if the
department and the attorney general both consent to their destruction within
the [three-year] five-year period; and
(B) Either the department or the attorney general
may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 that require specified records to be
kept longer than a period of [three] five years.
(m) The department may suspend [or, after hearing],
revoke, or decline to renew any retail tobacco permit issued under this chapter
whenever the department finds that the applicant or permittee has failed to comply
with this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, or for any other good
cause. Good cause includes but is not limited
to instances where an applicant or permittee has:
(1) Submitted a false or fraudulent application or
provided a false statement in an application; [or]
(2) Possessed or displayed a false or fraudulent retail
tobacco permit[.];
(3) Failed to comply with, violated, or been convicted of violating any county, state, or federal law directly pertaining to the sale, importation, acquisition, possession, stamping, distribution, transportation, or smuggling of cigarettes, counterfeit cigarettes, counterfeit tax stamps, or other tobacco products; or
(4) Maintained incomplete or inaccurate records when and if required to be kept.
Upon suspending or revoking any retail tobacco permit,
the department [shall] may request that the permittee immediately
surrender any retail tobacco permit or duplicate issued to, or printed by,
the permittee, and the permittee shall surrender the permit or duplicate promptly
to the department as requested.
(n) Whenever the department suspends, revokes, or
declines to renew a retail tobacco permit, the department shall notify the applicant
or permittee immediately and afford the applicant or permittee a hearing, if requested
and if a hearing has not already been afforded. The department shall provide no less
than thirty days notice to the applicant or permittee of a hearing afforded under
this subsection. After the hearing, the department shall:
(1) Rescind its order of suspension;
(2) Continue the suspension;
(3) Revoke the retail tobacco permit;
(4) Rescind its order of revocation;
(5) Decline to renew the retail tobacco permit; or
(6) Renew the retail tobacco permit."
SECTION
14. Section 245-9, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) The department and the attorney general may
examine all records, including tax returns [and reports under section 245-31],
required to be kept or filed under this chapter, and books, papers, and records
of any person engaged in the business of wholesaling or dealing cigarettes and
tobacco products, to verify the accuracy of the payment of the taxes imposed by
this chapter. Every person in possession
of any books, papers, and records, and the person's agents and employees, are
directed and required to give the department and the attorney general the
means, facilities, and opportunities for the examinations.
(b) The department and the attorney general may
inspect the operations, premises, and storage areas of any entity engaged in
the sale of cigarettes, or the contents of a specific vending machine, during
regular business hours. This inspection
shall include inspection of all statements, books, papers, and records in
whatever format, including electronic format, pertaining to the acquisition,
possession, transportation, sale, or use of packages of cigarettes and tobacco
products other than cigarettes, to verify the accuracy of the payment of taxes
imposed by this chapter, and of the contents of cartons and shipping or storage
containers to ascertain that all individual packages of cigarettes have an
affixed stamp of proper denomination as required by this chapter. This inspection may also verify that all
stamps were produced under the authority of the department. Every entity in possession of any books,
papers, and records, and the entity's agents and employees, are directed and
required to give the department and the attorney general the means, facilities,
and opportunities for the examinations.
[For purposes of this chapter "entity" means one or more
individuals, a company, corporation, a partnership, an association, or any
other type of legal entity.]"
SECTION 15. Section 245-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§245-33[]] Unused stamps; cancellation of stamps. The department shall adopt rules for a refund
or credit to a licensee in the amount of the denominated values less any
discount applied pursuant to section 245-22(e) of any unused stamps. The department may provide by rule for the
cancellation of stamps."
SECTION
16. Section 245-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) Where the attorney general [initiates and]
conducts an investigation resulting in the imposition and collection of a
criminal fine pursuant to this part, one hundred per cent of the fine shall be
distributed to the attorney general to be deposited to the credit of the
department of the attorney general's tobacco enforcement special fund; provided
that if the attorney general engages the prosecuting attorney for the investigation
or prosecution, or both, resulting in the imposition and collection of a
criminal fine under this part, the fine shall be shared equally between the
attorney general and the prosecuting attorney."
SECTION
17. Section 243-8, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is repealed.
["§243-8 License taxes payable monthly. License taxes imposed by this chapter shall
be paid in monthly installments to the department of taxation."]
SECTION
18. Section 245-31, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is repealed.
["§245-31 Monthly report on distributions of cigarettes
and tobacco products, and purchases of stamps. (a) On
or before the twentieth day of each month, every licensee shall file on forms
prescribed by the department:
(1) A report of the licensee's distributions of
cigarettes and purchases of stamps during the preceding month; and
(2) Any other information that the department
may require to carry out this part.
(b) On or before the twentieth day of each month,
every licensee shall file on forms prescribed by the department:
(1) A report of the licensee's distributions of
tobacco products and the wholesale costs of tobacco products during the
preceding month; and
(2) Any other information that the department
may require to carry out this part."]
SECTION
19. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory
material is underscored.
SECTION 20. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Taxation; Administration of Taxes; Fuel Tax; Liquor Tax; Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax
Description:
Makes various technical amendments to chapters 231, 243, 244D, and 245, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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