STAND. COM. REP. NO.  597

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1102

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1102 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Taxation to conduct a study on modernizing the state tax collection system and submit a report to the Legislature.

 

     The Department of Taxation and Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended the measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to allow for further discussion; and

 

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

 

     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. 1102, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1102, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair