CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 169

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1719

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1719, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this bill is to exempt the following from the general excise tax:

 

     (1)  Amounts received by a submanager of an association of apartment owners or of certain nonprofit homeowners or community associations in reimbursement of sums paid for common expenses;

 

     (2)  Amounts received by an operator of a hotel from the owner of the hotel or from a timeshare association for employee wage and benefit costs disbursed by the operator; and

 

     (3)  Amounts received by a suboperator of a hotel from the owner of the hotel, timeshare association, or operator of the hotel, for employee wage and benefit costs disbursed by the suboperator.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2008; and

 

     (2)  Repealing the provisions of this measure on December 31, 2009.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1719, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1719, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Co-Chair

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair