Report Title:

County Surcharge Tax; Transit Tax

 

Description:

Amends the county surcharge on state tax revenues by suspending the payment of the tax from the State to the city and county of Honolulu for fiscal year 2009-2010.  Extends the duration of the payment period of the county surcharge on state tax by one year to December 31, 2023.

 


THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1626

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to taxation.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 248-2.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§248-2.6[]]  County surcharge on state tax; disposition of proceeds.  (a)  If adopted by county ordinance, all county surcharges on state tax collected by the director of taxation shall be paid into the state treasury quarterly, within ten working days after collection, and shall be placed by the director of finance in special accounts.  Out of the revenues generated by county surcharges on state tax paid into each respective state treasury special account, the director of finance shall deduct ten per cent of the gross proceeds of a respective county's surcharge on state tax to reimburse the State for the costs of assessment, collection, and disposition of the county surcharge on state tax incurred by the State.  Amounts retained shall be general fund realizations of the State.

     (b)  The amounts deducted for costs of assessment, collection, and disposition of county surcharges on state tax shall be withheld from payment to the counties by the State out of the county surcharges on state tax collected for the current calendar year.

     (c)  For the purpose of this section, the costs of assessment, collection, and disposition of the county surcharges on state tax shall include any and all costs, direct or indirect, that are deemed necessary and proper to effectively administer this section and sections 237-8.6 and 238-2.6.

     (d)  After the deduction and withholding of the costs under subsections (a) and (b), the director of finance shall pay the remaining balance on [[]a[]] quarterly basis to the director of finance of each county that has adopted a county surcharge on state tax under section 46-16.8.  The quarterly payments shall be made after the county surcharges on state tax have been paid into the state treasury special accounts or after the disposition of any tax appeal, as the case may be.  All county surcharges on state tax collected shall be distributed by the director of finance to the county in which the county surcharge on state tax is generated and shall be a general fund realization of the county, to be used for the purposes specified in section 46-16.8 by each of the counties.

     (e)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), (d), and any other law to the contrary, the disposition of all proceeds from county surcharges on state tax revenues that are levied, assessed, and collected pursuant to sections 237-8.6 and 238-2.6 shall be deferred for fiscal year 2009-2010; provided that those tax revenues generated pursuant to sections 237-8.6 and 238‑2.6 during fiscal year 2009-2010 shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund."

     SECTION 2.  Act 247, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, is amended by amending section 9 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 9.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that:

     (1)  If none of the counties of the State adopt an ordinance to levy a county surcharge on state tax by December 31, 2005, this Act shall be repealed and section 437D-8.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act;

     (2)  If any county does not adopt an ordinance to levy a county surcharge on state tax by December 31, 2005, it shall be prohibited from adopting such an ordinance pursuant to this Act, unless otherwise authorized by the legislature through a separate legislative act;

     (3)  If an ordinance to levy a county surcharge on state tax is adopted by December 31, 2005:

         (A)  The ordinance shall be repealed on December 31, [2022;] 2023;

         (B)  This Act shall be repealed on December 31, [2022;] 2023; and

         (C)  Section 437D-8.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act."

     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, 2009; provided that on June 30, 2010, section 1 of this Act shall be repealed and section 248-2.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is reenacted in the form in which it read on the day before the effective date of this Act.

 

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