HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

AMENDMENT TO:			S.B. No. 1183, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1
OFFERED BY:
DATE:

 

 

SECTION 1.  Senate Bill No. 1183, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 2, Conference Draft 1, is amended as follows:

 

1.         By amending the provisions in part I by authorizing counties to adopt or extend a county surcharge on state tax until December 31, 2037;

 

2.         By deleting part II, which prohibited a county from using revenues derived from a county surcharge on state tax for operating or administrative costs of a mass transit project;

 

3.         By deleting part III, which prohibited a county from prohibiting the use of county funds for the capital cost of a mass transit project;

 

4.         By deleting part IV, which:

 

A.        Increased the transient accommodations tax from 9.25 per cent to 12 per cent from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2027, and allocated $50,000,000 of the annual proceeds to the New Start Education Special Fund and the remainder to a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand that adopts or extends a county surcharge on state tax for capital costs of a mass transit project; and

 

B.        Required that $13,000,000 in annual transient accommodations tax proceeds allocated to the City and County of Honolulu, separate from the additional proceeds from the temporary increase in the tax rate to 12 per cent,  shall be used only for capital costs of a mass transit project;

 

5.         By deleting part V, which prohibited a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand that receives revenues from a county surcharge on state tax from using public funds to reconstruct or redevelop the event venue known as the Neal S. Blaisdell Center;

 

6.         By deleting part VI, which established the New Start Education Special Fund;

 

7.         By deleting provisions in part VII that prohibited the collection and allocation of revenues from a county surcharge on state tax if other provisions in the measure are not met;

 

8.         By deleting provisions in part VII that authorized the Director of Taxation to levy, assess, and collect the transient accommodations tax at an increased rate;

 

9.         By deleting all part designations in the bill; and

 

            10.       By renumbering all remaining sections of the bill accordingly.

 

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