STAND. COM. REP. NO.  326

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 286

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 286 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt from the general excise tax the gross income or gross proceeds from the sale, at retail or wholesale, of a local agricultural product that meets certain conditions.

 

     The Department of Agriculture supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Taxation and a concerned individual opposed this bill.  The Attorney General submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 286, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 286, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair