HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2019
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Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi, Chair |
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Rep. Daniel Holt, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa |
Rep. Lynn DeCoite |
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Rep. Romy M. Cachola |
Rep. Amy A. Perruso |
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Rep. Richard P. Creagan |
Rep. Val Okimoto |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 |
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9:00 a.m. |
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Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Provides that a county shall be eligible to receive funds from the State for the purpose of enforcing all applicable laws and ordinances relating to transient accommodations, provided that no funds shall be released to a county until it has satisfactorily complied with specified conditions. Makes an allocation from TAT revenues. Requires reports from counties receiving funds for enforcement of transient accommodations and short-term vacation rentals ordinances.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes each county to impose a surcharge on transient accommodations tax. Changes the transient accommodations tax rate to an unspecified amount. Repeals the distribution of transit accommodations tax revenues to the counties.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends section 237D-6.5 to increase the distribution of state tax revenues to support natural resources programs, replaces the fixed appropriation amount with a percent distribution to each county.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes each county to impose a surcharge on transient accommodations tax. Changes the transient accommodations tax rate to 7%. Repeals the distribution of transit accommodations tax revenues to the counties.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Authorizes contracts entered by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for the marketing of all uses of the Hawaii Convention Center to be issued separately from the management, use, operation, or maintenance of the facility.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Establishes the convention center repair and maintenance special fund and the convention center emergency special fund. Allocates a portion of the transient accommodations tax to those funds. Removes repair and maintenance as permissible uses of the convention center enterprise special fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Hawaii Tourism Authority under the purview of the House Standing Committee on Tourism and International Affairs.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
· The date and time of the hearing; and
· Measure number.
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________________________________________ Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi Chair |
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