STAND. COM. REP. NO.  689-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2610

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2610 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase government efficiency by requiring the Director of Taxation to provide the county real property assessment divisions with an image of all certificates of conveyance filed with the Bureau of Conveyances.

 

     The City and County of Honolulu and County of Kauai supported this bill.  The Department of Taxation (DOTAX) opposed this measure.

 

     This bill would replace the current method of distributing printed copies of certificates of conveyance to the counties with online distribution of digital copies.  Digital copies are currently available for online distribution because DOTAX has implemented scanning of certificates of conveyance.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2610 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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair