THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator Ronald D. Kouchi, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 03, 2015

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 401

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the excise tax rate on the sale of large cigars beginning on 7/1/2015 to the lesser of 50 cents for each large cigar or 50 per cent of the wholesale price of each large cigar.

 

WAM

SB 119

      Status & Testimony

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes appropriation for the public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of the various legislative agencies.

 

WAM

SB 92, SD1

      (SSCR531)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires DOTAX to publish reports on certain general excise tax exemptions.  Repeals specific annual reporting deadlines.  (SD1)

 

WAM

SB 1092

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Repeal of various non-general fund accounts and transfers the balance of the fee simple residential revolving fund to the general fund.

 

WAM

SB 1092

      Proposed SD1

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Repeals the pineapple workers and retirees housing assistance fund, the state disaster revolving loan fund, and the transportation use special fund. (SD1 Proposed)

 

Copies of the proposed SD 1 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website:  www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Jill N. Tokuda

Chair