HI SB1290

Allocates funds from transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority working with the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association to address homelessness in tourist and resort areas, effective July 1, 2017.

Requires private donations to match the state allocation for homelessness initiatives on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

Amends Section 237D-6.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add a new subsection (6) establishing this funding allocation within the existing transient accommodations tax distribution framework.

Specific dollar amounts for the allocation and matching requirement are left blank in the bill text.

Bill's effective date is July 1, 2050 (a placeholder date typical of legislative drafts pending final amounts).