Bill Text: HI HB1187 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law; Distribution Maximums

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. [HB1187 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1187-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1187

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF TAX REVENUES.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to address taxes by setting maximum amounts to be distributed to various non-general funds pursuant to the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law.  The tax revenues remaining after distribution shall continue to be deposited into the general fund.

     By establishing maximum amounts for distribution, the legislature intends that this Act:

     (1)  Make forecasts of general fund revenues more reliable;

     (2)  Increase legislative oversight of the agencies and programs supported by the non-general funds; and

     (3)  Subject those agencies and programs to competition for limited public funds if the agencies or programs want more than the amount to be automatically distributed to their non-general funds.

     The legislature finds that this Act promotes budgetary planning and transparency.

     The legislature further finds that the transient accommodations tax revenues are distributed among the convention center, Hawaii tourism authority, and counties by dollar amounts.  That distribution method serves as the model for this Act.

     SECTION 2.  Section 245-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§245-15  Disposition of revenues.  All moneys collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury as state realizations to be kept and accounted for as provided by law; provided that, of the moneys collected under the tax imposed pursuant to:

     (1)  Section 245-3(a)(5), after September 30, 2006, and prior to October 1, 2007, 1.0 cent per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer research special fund, established pursuant to section 304A-2168, for research and operating expenses and for capital expenditures;

     (2)  Section 245-3(a)(6), after September 30, 2007, and prior to October 1, 2008:

         (A)  1.5 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer research special fund, established pursuant to section 304A-2168, for research and operating expenses and for capital expenditures;

         (B)  0.25 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the trauma system special fund established pursuant to section 321-22.5; and

         (C)  0.25 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the emergency medical services special fund established pursuant to section 321-234;

     (3)  Section 245-3(a)(7), after September 30, 2008, and prior to July 1, 2009:

         (A)  2.0 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer research special fund, established pursuant to section 304A-2168, for research and operating expenses and for capital expenditures;

         (B)  0.5 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the trauma system special fund established pursuant to section 321-22.5;

         (C)  0.25 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the community health centers special fund established pursuant to section 321-1.65; and

         (D)  0.25 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the emergency medical services special fund established pursuant to section 321-234;

     (4)  Section 245-3(a)(8), after June 30, 2009, and prior to July 1, 2013:

         (A)  2.0 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer research special fund, established pursuant to section 304A-2168, for research and operating expenses and for capital expenditures;

         (B)  0.75 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the trauma system special fund established pursuant to section 321-22.5;

         (C)  0.75 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the community health centers special fund established pursuant to section 321-1.65; and

         (D)  0.5 cents per cigarette shall be deposited to the credit of the emergency medical services special fund established pursuant to section 321-234; and

     (5)  Section 245-3(a)(11), after June 30, 2013, and thereafter:

         (A)  [2.0]       cents per cigarette, but not more than $         in a fiscal year, shall be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer research special fund, established pursuant to section 304A-2168, for research and operating expenses and for capital expenditures;

         (B)  [1.5]       cents per cigarette, but not more than $         in a fiscal year, shall be deposited to the credit of the trauma system special fund established pursuant to section 321-22.5;

         (C)  [1.25]       cents per cigarette, but not more than $         in a fiscal year, shall be deposited to the credit of the community health centers special fund established pursuant to section 321-1.65; and

         (D)  [1.25]       cents per cigarette, but not more than $         in a fiscal year, shall be deposited to the credit of the emergency medical services special fund established pursuant to section 321-234.

The department shall provide an annual accounting of these dispositions to the legislature."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.



 

Report Title:

Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law; Distribution Maximums

 

Description:

Amends the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law by establishing maximum dollar amounts that shall be distributed among certain non-general funds.  Retains provision that the general fund receive the remainder after distribution.  (HB1187 HD1)

 

 

 

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