STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1428

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1202

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 1202, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make various technical amendments to the fuel tax law, liquor tax law, and cigarette tax and tobacco tax law under the jurisdiction of the Department of Taxation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Taxation. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that it is necessary to amend and repeal various provisions of the fuel tax law, liquor tax law, and cigarette tax and tobacco tax law, for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. This measure adds clarity to the law and allows for more effective administration of these laws by the Department of Taxation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1202, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1202, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair