REPORT TITLE:
Repeals Hawaii Tourism Authority


DESCRIPTION:
Repeals Chapter 201B, Hawaii Tourism Authority.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 201B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 repealed.
 
 3      SECTION 2.  Section 36-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 4 amended to read as follows:
 
 5      "§36-27  Transfers from special funds for central service
 
 6 expenses.  Except as provided in this section, and
 
 7 notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, from time to time,
 
 8 the director of finance, for the purpose of defraying the
 
 9 prorated estimate of central service expenses of government in
 
10 relation to all special funds, except the:
 
11      (1)  Special summer school and intersession fund under
 
12           section 302A-1310;
 
13      (2)  School cafeteria special funds of the department of
 
14           education;
 
15      (3)  Special funds of the University of Hawaii;
 
16      (4)  State educational facilities improvement special fund;
 
17      (5)  Convention center capital and operations special fund
 
18           under section 206X-10.5;
 

 
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 1      (6)  Special funds established by section 206E-6;
 
 2      (7)  Housing loan program revenue bond special fund;
 
 3      (8)  Housing project bond special fund;
 
 4      (9)  Aloha Tower fund created by section 206J-17;
 
 5     (10)  Domestic violence prevention special fund under section
 
 6           321-1.3;
 
 7     (11)  Spouse and child abuse special account under section
 
 8           346-7.5;
 
 9     (12)  Spouse and child abuse special account under section
 
10           601-3.6;
 
11     (13)  Funds of the employees' retirement system created by
 
12           section 88-109;
 
13     (14)  Unemployment compensation fund established under
 
14           section 383-121;
 
15     (15)  Hawaii hurricane relief fund established under chapter
 
16           431P;
 
17     (16)  Hawaii health systems corporation special funds;
 
18     (17)  Boiler and elevator safety revolving fund established
 
19           under section 397-5.5;
 
20    [(18)  Tourism special fund established under section 201B-11;
 
21     (19)] (18)  Department of commerce and consumer affairs'
 
22           special funds;
 

 
 
 
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 1    [(20)] (19)  Compliance resolution fund established under
 
 2           section 26-9;
 
 3    [(21)] (20)  Universal service fund established under chapter
 
 4           269;
 
 5    [(22)] (21)  Integrated tax information management systems
 
 6           special fund under section 231-3.2;
 
 7    [(23)] (22)  Insurance regulation fund under section
 
 8           431:2-215;
 
 9    [(24)] (23)  Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund under
 
10           section 328L-2; and
 
11    [(25)] (24)  Emergency budget and reserve fund under section
 
12           328L-3;
 
13 shall deduct five per cent of all receipts of all other special
 
14 funds, which deduction shall be transferred to the general fund
 
15 of the State and become general realizations of the State.  All
 
16 officers of the State and other persons having power to allocate
 
17 or disburse any special funds shall cooperate with the director
 
18 in effecting these transfers.  To determine the proper revenue
 
19 base upon which the central service assessment is to be
 
20 calculated, the director shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91
 
21 for the purpose of suspending or limiting the application of the
 
22 central service assessment of any fund.  No later than twenty
 

 
 
 
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 1 days prior to the convening of each regular session of the
 
 2 legislature, the director shall report all central service
 
 3 assessments made during the preceding fiscal year."
 
 4      SECTION 3.  Section 36-30, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 5 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 6      "(a)  Each special fund, except the:
 
 7      (1)  Transportation use special fund established by section
 
 8           261D-1;
 
 9      (2)  Special summer school and intersession fund under
 
10           section 302A-1310;
 
11      (3)  School cafeteria special funds of the department of
 
12           education;
 
13      (4)  Special funds of the University of Hawaii;
 
14      (5)  State educational facilities improvement special fund;
 
15      (6)  Special funds established by section 206E-6;
 
16      (7)  Aloha Tower fund created by section 206J-17;
 
17      (8)  Domestic violence prevention special fund under section
 
18           321-1.3;
 
19      (9)  Spouse and child abuse special account under section
 
20           346-7.5;
 
21     (10)  Spouse and child abuse special account under section
 
22           601-3.6;
 

 
 
 
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 1     (11)  Funds of the employees' retirement system created by
 
 2           section 88-109;
 
 3     (12)  Unemployment compensation fund established under
 
 4           section 383-121;
 
 5     (13)  Hawaii hurricane relief fund established under chapter
 
 6           431P;
 
 7     (14)  Convention center capital and operations special fund
 
 8           established under section 206X-10.5;
 
 9     (15)  Hawaii health systems corporation special funds;
 
10    [(16)  Tourism special fund established under section 201B-11;
 
11     (17)] (16)  Compliance resolution fund established under
 
12           section 26-9;
 
13    [(18)] (17)  Universal service fund established under chapter
 
14           269;
 
15    [(19)] (18)  Integrated tax information management systems
 
16           special fund;
 
17    [(20)] (19)  Insurance regulation fund under section
 
18           431:2-215;
 
19    [(21)] (20)  Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund under
 
20           section 328L-2; and
 
21    [(22)] (21)  Emergency and budget reserve fund under section
 
22           328L-3;
 

 
 
 
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 1 shall be responsible for its pro rata share of the administrative
 
 2 expenses incurred by the department responsible for the
 
 3 operations supported by the special fund concerned."
 
 4      SECTION 4.  Section 201-92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 5 amended to read as follows:
 
 6      "§201-92  Office of tourism.  There is established an office
 
 7 of tourism within the department of business, economic
 
 8 development, and tourism. 
 
 9      [For the period beginning January 1, 1999, and for each year
 
10 thereafter, the office of tourism shall provide assistance to the
 
11 Hawaii tourism authority established in section 201B-2.]" 
 
12      SECTION 5.  Section 237D-6.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
13 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
14      "(b)  Beginning on January 1, 1999[[],[]] revenues collected
 
15 under this chapter shall be distributed as follows:
 
16      (1)  17.3 per cent of the revenues collected under this
 
17           chapter shall be deposited into the convention center
 
18           capital and operations special fund established under
 
19           section 206X-10.5;
 
20      (2)  37.9 per cent of the revenues collected under this
 
21           chapter shall be deposited into the [tourism special]
 
22           general fund [established under section 201B-11];
 

 
 
 
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 1      (3)  44.8 per cent of the revenues collected under this
 
 2           chapter shall be transferred as follows:  Kauai county
 
 3           shall receive 14.5 per cent, Hawaii county shall
 
 4           receive 18.6 per cent, city and county of Honolulu
 
 5           shall receive 44.1 per cent, and Maui county shall
 
 6           receive 22.8 per cent.
 
 7      All transient accommodations taxes shall be paid into the
 
 8 state treasury each month within ten days after collection, and
 
 9 shall be kept by the state director of finance in special
 
10 accounts for distribution as provided in this subsection." 
 
11      SECTION 6.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
 
14 provided that amendments made to section 36-27 by this Act shall
 
15 not be reenacted when that section is reenacted on July 31, 2003,
 
16 pursuant to section 9 of Act 142, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998.
 
17 
 
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