THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

      MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2000


               COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
                        9:30 A.M.
                   Conference Room 211


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
        (Deferred from Wednesday, March 1, 2000)


S.B. 2434   Relating to Substance Abuse              JDC/HHS, WAM
SD1
           Establishes   a    substance   abuse   multi-agency
           coordinating  council  within   the  department  of
           health  to  develop   statewide  policy  guidelines
           regarding  education,   prevention,  and  treatment
           programs; provides funding sources and mechanisms. 
                                                     S.B. 2763Relat
ing to the Enforcement of the Tobacco                  JDC/HHS, WAM
SD1        Settlement Agreement

           Establishes the  Tobacco  Enforcement Special Fund.
           Exempts the Fund from the central service surcharge
           and    from    reimbursement    for    departmental
           administrative expenses.   Revises the distribution
           of the tobacco settlement moneys.

S.B. 2457   Relating to Hawaii Tobacco Settlement        HHS, WAM
SD1        Moneys

           Prohibits supplanting or  diminishing of funds from
           Department  of  Health  budget  because  of tobacco
           settlement moneys; allows nonprofit entity selected
           to administer the  trust  fund  to expend principal
           and interest  of  funds  in  tobacco prevention and
           control trust fund; clarifies appropriation period.  

S.B. 2496   Relating to Hawaii Tobacco Settlement        HHS, WAM
SD1        Moneys

           Allocates 20 per cent  of tobacco settlement moneys
           to emergency and  budget  reserve  fund  and 55 per
           cent to Department of Health; requires DOH to spend
           10 per cent on  early  childhood education and care
           and youth programs  and  10  per  cent on substance
           abuse treatment for  pregnant  women, families, and
           teens.  
           

 


 
S.B. 2486   Relating to Taxation                         HHS, WAM
SD1        
           Provides that the excise tax on cigarettes shall be
           imposed and  collected  through  the  use of stamps
           purchased by  licensees,  and  affixed to cigarette
           packages.  Includes   provisions   for   civil  and
           criminal   penalties,   and   for   forfeitures  of
           cigarettes,   to   be   enforced   by   the  police
           departments,  liquor   commissions,   the  attorney
           general, and prosecuting  attorneys.   Requires the
           Director  of  Taxation   to   submit  findings  and
           recommendations to  the  legislature  for  the 2006
           Session on effectiveness of Act.                   
           
S.B. 3180   Relating to Taxation                              WAM

           Establishes a procedure  for  the  payment of taxes
           through the stamping of cigarettes. 

S.B. 2194   Relating to Income Tax Credits                    WAM

           Allows a $20  income  tax  credit for obtaining CPR
           certification. 

S.B. 1427   Relating to Aquaculture                      ECD, WAM

           Expands  in  the   general   excise   tax  law  the
           definition of "wholesaler"  to include transactions
           carried  on   in   the   business   of  aquaculture
           production. 

S.B. 2838   Relating to the State Internet Portal        EDU, WAM

           Defines internet  portal  to  mean  the centralized
           electronic information system  by which information
           is provided via dial in modem or continuous link to
           the public through  subscription  or through public
           libraries. 

S.B. 3132   Relating to Information Technology           EDU, WAM
SD1
           Establishes  an  information  technology initiative
           special fund;  requires  funding  for technology in
           state government  at  two  per  cent  of  the state
           budget, and four  per  cent  of  the DOE budget, to
           rise to unspecified  percentages  in 2005; requires
           state  agencies   to   make   budgets  and  reports
           accessible online.                                 

S.B. 2409   Relating to Taxation                     ECD/EDU, WAM
SD2 (PROPOSED)
           Proposes the elimination of the expiration of stock
           exchange;  exempts   certain   activities  of  call
           centers from taxation.                             

 


 
S.B. 2499   Making an Appropriation to the Legislative        WAM
SD1 (PROPOSED)Agencies

           Corrects a  technical  drafting  error  to Act 138,
           Session  Laws  of  Hawaii   1999  relating  to  the
           legislative  agencies  salary  increases  and other
           cost adjustments. 

S.B. 2542   Relating to State Bonds                           WAM
SD1 (PROPOSED)
           Provides for  the  issuance  of  general obligation
           bonds.      Exempts   state   government  agencies,
           including the  judiciary,  from  having  to perfect
           security interests in state bonds. 

S.B. 1242   Relating to the Legislature                       WAM
SD1 (PROPOSED)
           Transfers responsibility for evaluating new special
           or revolving funds  from  the  State Auditor to the
           Legislative Analyst. 


                No testimony will be accepted.


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