HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1394

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the county surcharge on State tax.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 46-16.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:

     "(f)  Each county with a population equal to or less than five hundred thousand that adopts a county surcharge on state tax ordinance pursuant to this section shall use the surcharges received from the State for:

     (1)  Operating or capital costs of public transportation within each county for public transportation systems, including public roadways or highways, public buses, trains, ferries, pedestrian paths or sidewalks, or bicycle paths; [and]

     (2)  Expenses in complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with respect to paragraph (1)[.];

     (3)  Infrastructure;

     (4)  Public safety; and

     (5)  Any combination of the uses enumerated in this subsection."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

County Surcharge on State Tax

 

Description:

Authorizes any county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a county surcharge on state tax ordinance to use the surcharges received from the State for infrastructure and public safety.

 

 

 

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