Requires written residential rental agreements to include the landlord's Hawaii tax identification number on the first page. Effective 12/31/06. (SD1)

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 521-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:

"(h) Landlords shall provide their general excise tax number to all tenants for the purpose of [filing for] claiming a low-income tax credit[.]; provided that any written rental agreement between a landlord and tenant shall contain the landlord's Hawaii tax identification number, which shall be readily identifiable on the first page of the written agreement."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on December 31, 2006, and shall apply to all written rental agreements entered into on or after December 31, 2006.