HI SB519

Requires all operators of transient accommodations and resort time share vacation plans to designate and conspicuously display a local contact (name, phone number, email) residing on the same island as the property.

Authorizes the Department of Taxation to issue citations for failing to display registration certificates, registration ID numbers, or local contact information, with fines of $500 per day for first violation, $1,000 per day for second violation, and $5,000 per day for third and subsequent violations.

Requires all advertisements for transient accommodations or resort time share vacation units to include the operator's registration identification number and the local contact's name, phone number, and email address.

Increases the balance that can be retained in the tax administration special fund from $500,000 to $700,000 annually and directs fines assessed under this section to be deposited into that fund.

Takes effect January 1, 2016.