REPORT TITLE:
Hurricane Relief Fund


DESCRIPTION:
Extends authorization for the Director of Finance to issue up to
$200 million in reimbursable general obligation bonds through
fiscal year 2000-2001. (HB1064 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND BONDS. 



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 431P-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(e)  [Should] After each covered event, if the board shall
 
 4 determine that the moneys in the hurricane reserve trust fund,
 
 5 excluding moneys determined by the board to be needed to continue
 
 6 fund operations following that covered event, will be
 
 7 insufficient to pay claims and other obligations of the fund
 
 8 arising out of [a] that covered event, the Hawaii hurricane
 
 9 relief fund is authorized to levy a surcharge not to exceed seven
 
10 and one-half per cent a year on premiums charged for all property
 
11 and casualty insurance policies issued for risks insured in this
 
12 State.  These moneys may be deposited into the hurricane reserve
 
13 trust fund or into trust or custodial accounts, created for the
 
14 benefit of the fund's secured parties, that are held inside or
 
15 outside the hurricane reserve trust fund.  The formula to
 
16 calculate the amount and period of the surcharge for each covered
 
17 event and the procedures and methodology for payment of claims
 
18 [during periods of insufficiency of moneys for such purpose] and
 
19 other obligations of the fund shall be provided in the plan of
 
20 operation[.] and the surcharge may remain in effect until all
 

 
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 1 claims and other obligations of the fund, including but not
 
 2 limited to claims financing transactions, bonds, notes, and other
 
 3 obligations arising out of that covered event, shall have been
 
 4 fully discharged.  The amount and reason for any surcharge made
 
 5 pursuant to this subsection shall be separately stated on any
 
 6 billing sent to an insured.  The surcharge shall not be
 
 7 considered premiums for any other purpose, including the
 
 8 computation of gross premium tax or the determination of agents'
 
 9 commissions."
 
10      SECTION 2.  Act 339, Session Laws of Hawaii 1993, as amended
 
11 by Act 17, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 1995, as amended by Act
 
12 222, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, is amended by amending
 
13 subsection (d) of section 10 to read as follows:
 
14      "(d)  The director of finance is authorized to issue
 
15 reimbursable general obligation bonds in the principal amount of
 
16 $200,000,000, or so much thereof as may be requested and deemed
 
17 necessary by the commissioner for the purposes of the Hawaii
 
18 hurricane relief fund, and the same sum is appropriated for each
 
19 of the fiscal years [1996-1997, 1997-1998, and] 1998-1999, 1999-
 
20 2000, and 2000-2001 for deposit into the hurricane reserve trust
 
21 fund.  The commissioner, upon the commissioner's determination
 
22 that it is advisable to transfer funds from the hurricane reserve
 
23 trust fund, shall reimburse the state general fund for payment of
 

 
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 1 debt service on reimbursable general obligation bonds authorized
 
 2 and issued under this section."
 
 3      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 4 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 5      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.