STAND. COM. REP. NO. 764

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1162

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1162 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the definition of "cooler beverage" to mean any liquor containing less than seven percent alcohol by volume to which non-beverage flavorings, juices, water, colorings, or preservatives are added.

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States testified in support of this measure. The Department of Taxation, Wine Institute, and Anheuser Busch Companies opposed this bill. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1162, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1162, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair