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HI SR111

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/8/2019

Primary Sponsor

Dru Kanuha

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

S.R. NO. 111 Summary

  • Current transient accommodations tax distribution allocates $103 million to counties as follows: Kauai County 14.5%, Hawaii County 18.6%, City and County of Honolulu 44.1%, and Maui County 22.8%

  • From 2010 to 2017, neighbor island counties experienced faster population growth than Honolulu: Hawaii County 8.3%, Kauai County 7.6%, Maui County 7.4%, and Honolulu 3.7%

  • Resolution requests the Legislature recalculate and reestablish each county's transient accommodations tax allocation based on population growth from 2010 to 2017

  • Resolution urges amendment of Hawaii Revised Statutes section 237D-6.5(b) to reflect the new allocation percentages

  • Certified copies to be transmitted to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and all county mayors

Legislative Description

Requesting The Legislature To Recalculate And Establish The Transient Accommodations Tax Allocation Of Each County Based Upon The Population Growth From 2010 To 2017 In Each County.

Counties

Last Action

Report adopted, referred to WAM.

3/27/2019

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means3/27/2019
Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism3/13/2019

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