STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1144

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1171

S.D. 2

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 Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.B. No. 1171, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Remove the requirement that the Department of Taxation (DOTAX) consult with an advisory council before participating in multistate discussions; and

(2) Require DOTAX, in conjunction with individuals selected by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, to identify issues, make recommendations, and conduct information briefings for the Legislature relating to a streamlined sales and use tax.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Food Industry Association, and Ironworkers Stabilization Fund testified in support of this bill. DOTAX opposed this measure. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

 

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Removing the provisions that would have removed the requirement that DOTAX consult with an advisory council prior to taking part in multistate discussions;

(2) Requiring only DOTAX to identify issues, make recommendations, and conduct informational briefings for the Legislature relating to a streamlined sales and use tax; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1171, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1171, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair