HB 1171 Summary

• Establishes a $5 visitor security surcharge on all overseas aircraft passenger tickets arriving and departing Hawaii, excluding inter-island travel and Hawaii residents.

• Revenue from the surcharge is deposited into a new "Blue Lives Matter special fund" administered by the Police Commission for recruitment and retention of police officers.

• The Department of Taxation collects and deposits all surcharge fees into the special fund, which is exempt from state and county taxes.

• The Police Commission must provide a report to the legislature no later than 20 days before each regular session accounting for receipts and expenditures from the special fund.

• Amends sections 36-27 and 36-30 of Hawaii Revised Statutes to exempt the Blue Lives Matter special fund from certain central service expense transfers and departmental administrative expense requirements.