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HI SR72

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/8/2019

Primary Sponsor

Dru Kanuha

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI 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%

  • Population growth from 2010 to 2017 was uneven across counties, with neighbor islands growing faster (Hawaii 8.3%, Kauai 7.6%, Maui 7.4%) than Honolulu (3.7%)

  • Urges Department of Taxation to conduct a study determining how transient accommodations tax revenues would be reallocated to each county if based on 2010-2017 population growth

  • Directs certified copies be sent to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Director of Taxation, and all county mayors

Legislative Description

Urging The Department Of Taxation To Conduct A Study To Determine The Amount Of Transient Accommodations Tax Revenues That Would Be Allocated To Each County If The Allocation Were To Be Recalculated Based Upon Population Growth From 2010 To 2017.

Counties

Last Action

Report adopted, referred to WAM.

3/27/2019

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means3/27/2019
Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism3/12/2019

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