THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

       MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1999


               COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                        9:30 a.m.
                   Conference Room 211

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
             (Deferred from March 16, 1999)

H.B. 1151   MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILD AND    WAM
H.D. 1     ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
           Appropriates emergency funds  to  the department of
           health child and  adolescent mental health division
           to   provide   services   to   certain  emotionally
           disturbed children and adolescents.
           (SAY B.R.)

H.B. 1207   RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX                              WAM
           Restores the tax exemption  for sales of cigarettes
           and  tobacco   products   to   the  United  States,
           including any  agency  or  instrumentality  that is
           wholly owned of otherwise  constituted to be immune
           from the cigarette and tobacco tax levy.
           (SAY B.R.)

H.B. 1197   RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX        WAM
H.D. 2     LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
           Conforms Hawaii  Income  Tax  Law  to  the Internal
           Revenue Code.
           (SAY B.R.)

H.B. 1682   RELATING TO INCOME TAX                                 WAM
H.D. 1     Requires any  organization  that  files  a Form 990
           with the Internal Revenue Service to file a copy of
           that form with  the  State  Department of Taxation.
           Appropriates funds  to  the  department of taxation
           for filing and  tracking  the information contained
           in Form 990.
           (SAY)

H.B. 1649   RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX                         WAM
H.D. 2     Exempts from the conveyance  tax, transfers of real
           property  from  an  individual  to  a  corporation,
           limited liability company,  or  partnership that is
           wholly  owned  by   the  individual;  or  transfers
           between  a  parent  company  and  its  wholly owned
           subsidiary.
           (SOUKI, SAY)

 


 
H.B. 1203   RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF TAXES                    WAM
H.D. 1     Allows  collection   agencies   to   recover  their
           collection fees directly from a delinquent taxpayer
           when under contract with the department of taxation
           for the collection of delinquent taxes.
           (SAY B.R.)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
H.B. 232   RELATING TO TAXATION                                   WAM
H.D. 2     Establishes  a  general  excise  tax  structure for
           services  similar  to  that  of  goods.    The  new
           structure retains the four percent tax on the final
           service provided  and  gradually  over  a period of
           seven years lowers the tax on intermediary services
           to half a percent, the  same as applied to the sale
           of wholesale goods.
           (CASE)

H.B. 375   RELATING TO TAXATION                                   WAM
H.D. 1     Creates  a   general   excise   tax  exemption  for
           contracting or services exported  out of the state.
           Imposes a use tax on out-of-state services imported
           or purchased for use in Hawaii.
           (CASE B.R.)

H.B. 1061   RELATING TO GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES                       WAM
H.D. 2     Requires the State to collect the remaining balance
           of grants, subsidies, CIP funds, or the acquisition
           of personal property, equipment, or vehicles if the
           recipient can no longer or is unwilling to continue
           to provide the services.
           (SAY B.R.)

                   No testimony will be accepted.


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