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HI HB1791

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/17/2018

Primary Sponsor

Scott Saiki

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the $103,000,000 cap on distribution of transient accommodations tax revenues to counties and replaces it with 44.8 percent of revenues collected after other allocations are made
  • Maintains county distributions in the same percentages: Kauai County 14.5%, Hawaii County 18.6%, City and County of Honolulu 44.1%, and Maui County 22.8%
  • Preserves all other transient accommodations tax allocations including $1,500,000 to Turtle Bay conservation easement, $26,500,000 to convention center enterprise fund, and $82,000,000 to tourism special fund
  • Requires counties to properly contribute to employee pension trust funds or have the state retain and deposit the difference from their transient accommodations tax allocation beginning fiscal year 2018-2019
  • Takes effect upon approval

Legislative Description

Relating To Transient Accommodations Tax.

Hawaii State Association of Counties Package

Last Action

Referred to TOU, FIN, referral sheet 4

1/22/2018

Committee Referrals

Tourism1/22/2018

Full Bill Text

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