S.C.R. No. 144 Summary

• Currently, $103 million in transient accommodations tax revenues are distributed to counties as follows: Kauai County 14.5%, Hawaii County 18.6%, City and County of Honolulu 44.1%, and Maui County 22.8%, pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes section 237D-6.5(b)(4).

• Population growth from 2010 to 2017 was significantly higher in neighbor island counties (Hawaii County 8.3%, Kauai County 7.6%, Maui County 7.4%) compared to Honolulu (3.7%).

• Legislature is encouraged to recalculate and establish each county's transient accommodations tax allocation based on each county's population growth from 2010 to 2017.

• Legislature is urged to amend Hawaii Revised Statutes section 237D-6.5(b) to reflect the recalculated allocation percentages.

• Certified copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Mayors of all four counties.