STAND. COM. REP. NO.  221-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2120

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2120 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish specific tax rates for the sale of pipe tobacco.

 

     The American Heart Association testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Smokers Alliance and one individual testified in opposition of this measure.  The Department of Taxation, the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2120 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair