Bill Text: HI SB1091 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB1091 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB1091-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to allow certain counties to utilize tax revenues collected on behalf of the counties for the repair and maintenance of private roads that are open to and used by the public.
SECTION 2. 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, private roadways that are open to and used by the public, 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)."
SECTION 3. Section 243-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§243-6
Fuel taxes, dispositions. (a) The ["city and county of Honolulu
fuel tax"] city and county of Honolulu fuel tax shall be paid
by the department of taxation into the state treasury, and shall, by the state
director of finance, be paid over to the director of finance of the city and
county of Honolulu for deposit into the [fund known as the "highway
fund"] highway fund created by section 249-18.
(b) The ["county of Kauai fuel tax"]
county of Kauai fuel tax shall be paid by the department into the state
treasury, and shall, by the state director of finance, be paid over to the
director of finance of the county of Kauai for deposit into the [fund known
as the "highway fund"] highway fund created by section 249-18.
(c) The ["county of Hawaii fuel tax"]
county of Hawaii fuel tax shall be paid by the department into the state
treasury, and shall, by the state director of finance, be paid over to the
director of finance of the county of Hawaii for deposit into the [fund known
as the "highway fund"] highway fund created by section
249-18.
(d) The ["county of Maui fuel tax"]
county of Maui fuel tax collected on account of liquid fuel sold or used
on the island of Lanai or sold elsewhere for ultimate use on the island of
Lanai, shall be paid by the department into the state treasury, and shall, by
the state director of finance, be paid over to the director of finance of the
county of Maui for deposit into the [fund known as the "highway
fund"] highway fund created by section 249-18, for expenditure
on the island of Lanai. The ["county
of Maui fuel tax"] county of Maui fuel tax collected on account
of liquid fuel sold or used on the island of Molokai or sold elsewhere for
ultimate use on the island of Molokai, shall be paid by the department into the
state treasury, and shall, by the state director of finance, be paid over to
the director of finance of the county of Maui for deposit into the [fund
known as the "highway fund"] highway fund created by
section 249-18, for expenditure on the island of Molokai. The remainder of the ["county of Maui
fuel tax"] county of Maui fuel tax shall be paid by the
department into the state treasury, and shall, by the state director of
finance, be paid over to the director of finance of the county of Maui for
deposit into the [fund known as the "highway fund"] highway
fund created by section 249-18.
(e) Each of the [foregoing] taxes under
subsections (a) through (d) shall be expended for the following purposes,
for the island for which the tax revenue is specially indicated, or, if none,
for the county for which the tax revenue is indicated:
(1) For payment of interest on and redemption of
any bonds duly issued or sold on or after July 1, 1951, under chapter 47 for
the financing or aiding in financing the construction of county highway
tunnels, approach roads thereto, and highways.
[Such payments] Payments of interest and principal on the
bonds when due, shall be first charges on such moneys so deposited in the fund[.];
(2) For acquisition, designing, construction,
reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of county main and general
thoroughfares, highways, and other streets, including private roadways that
are open to and used by the public, street lights, storm drains, and
bridges, including costs of new land therefor, when expenditures for [the
foregoing] these purposes cannot be financed under state-federal aid
projects[.];
(3) In the case of the city and county of
Honolulu, for payment of the city and county's share in an improvement district
initiated by the city and county for an improvement listed in [[]paragraph[]]
(2) [above which] that is permitted to be constructed in the city
and county[.];
(4) For the construction of county highway
tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, and bridges, where [such] the
improvement cannot be made under state-federal aid projects[.];
(5) For purposes and functions connected with
county traffic control and preservation of safety upon the public highways and
streets[.], including private roadways that are open to and used by
the public;
(6) For purposes and functions in connection with
mass transit[.]; and
(7) For acquisition, design, construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of bikeways.
[(8)] (f)
No expenditure under subsection (e) shall be made[,] out
of the revenues paid into any such fund[, which] that will
jeopardize federal aid for highway construction."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
County Surcharge on State Tax; Fuel Tax; Counties; Repair and Maintenance; Private Roadways
Description:
Authorizes certain counties to use county surcharge on state tax revenues and fuel tax revenues for the repair and maintenance of private roadways that are open to and used by the public. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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