Bill Text: HI SB1255 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes; Certification; Revolving Fund

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1255 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1255-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 269

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1255

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1255 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to create a special revolving fund to receive deposits of cigarette certification fees and delay the implementation of the reduced ignition propensity cigarettes law until September 30, 2010.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the State Fire Council, County of Kauai Fire Department, and Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii.  Testimony with comments was received from the Department of Budget and Finance.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees find that this measure will allow the State Fire Council to enforce the reduced ignition propensity cigarette law by enabling it to hire staff and contractors to establish administrative rules, process certifications, and post program information on the State Fire Council's website.  Your Committees find that the funding allocated to the State Fire Council in this measure is sufficient to sustain the enforcement program developed by the State Fire Council.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Public Safety and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1255 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Public Safety and Military Affairs,

 

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair