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SB 312                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 312(FIN)                                                                                            
     "An Act relating to the deposit of the proceeds of the tax on                                                              
     gambling operations aboard certain commercial passenger vessels                                                            
     into the general fund; providing for a reduction in the excise tax to                                                      
     $34.50 for a passenger for each voyage on a commercial                                                                     
     passenger vessel; describing the passengers that are subject to the                                                        
     excise tax and liable for the payment of the tax; providing for a                                                          
     reduction in the state excise tax imposed on a passenger traveling                                                         
     on a commercial passenger vessel by the amount of tax on a                                                                 
     passenger traveling on a commercial passenger vessel imposed by                                                            

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     a municipality under a law enacted before December 17, 2007;                                                               
     authorizing appropriations from the commercial vessel passenger                                                            
     tax account to the first seven ports of call in the state and for costs                                                    
     associated with commercial passenger vessels and the passengers                                                            
     on board; limiting the use of funds appropriated from the                                                                  
     commercial passenger vessel tax account to expenditures related                                                            
     to port facilities, harbor infrastructure, other services provided to                                                      
     the commercial passenger vessels and the passengers on board                                                               
     those vessels and certain other purposes; repealing the regional                                                           
     cruise ship impact fund; relating to the administration of the                                                             
     excise tax by the Department of Revenue and regulations required                                                           
     to be adopted; requiring a report from the Department of                                                                   
     Commerce, Community, and Economic Development relating to                                                                  
     safely and efficiently hosting passengers; defining 'voyage' for                                                           
     purposes of the excise tax; relating to municipal levies on a                                                              
     passenger on a commercial passenger vessel; and providing for an                                                           
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 312(FIN)                                                                               
     "An Act relating to the deposit of the proceeds of the tax on                                                              
     gambling operations aboard certain commercial passenger vessels                                                            
     into the large passenger gaming and gambling tax account that is                                                           
     established as a subaccount within the commercial vessel                                                                   
     passenger tax account in the general fund; providing for a                                                                 
     reduction in the excise tax to $34.50 for a passenger for each                                                             
     voyage on a commercial passenger vessel; describing the                                                                    
     passengers that are subject to the excise tax and liable for the                                                           
     payment of the tax; providing for a reduction in the state excise                                                          
     tax imposed on a passenger traveling on a commercial passenger                                                             
     vessel by the amount of tax on a passenger traveling on a                                                                  
     commercial passenger vessel imposed by certain municipalities                                                              
     under laws enacted before December 17, 2007; authorizing                                                                   
     appropriations from the commercial vessel passenger tax account                                                            
     to the first seven ports of call in the state to certain other                                                             
     municipalities and for costs associated with commercial passenger                                                          
     vessels and the passengers on board; limiting the use of funds                                                             
     appropriated from the commercial passenger vessel tax account to                                                           
     expenditures related to port facilities, harbor infrastructure, other                                                      

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     services provided to the commercial passenger vessels and the                                                              
     passengers on board those vessels and certain other purposes;                                                              
     repealing the regional cruise ship impact fund; relating to the                                                            
     administration of the excise tax by the Department of Revenue                                                              
     and regulations required to be adopted; requiring a report from the                                                        
     Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                            
     Development relating to safely and efficiently hosting passengers;                                                         
     defining 'voyage' for purposes of the excise tax; relating to                                                              
     municipal levies on a passenger on a commercial passenger                                                                  
     vessel; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     (HCR 32 - title change resolution)                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Stoltze and Hawker, Co-                                                                
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  Austerman, Kelly, Hawker                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (7):  Thomas, Gara, Doogan, Joule, N. Foster,                                                                 
Fairclough, Stoltze                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to HCS CSSB 312(FIN):                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
2. Fiscal, Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development                                                                 
3. Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 312(FIN) is on today's calendar.