Report Title:

Hawaii Tourism Authority

 

Description:

Requires legislative approval of Hawaii tourism authority's expenditures from tourism special fund; transfers TAT funds in excess of $60,000,000 annually from the tourism special fund to the state general fund.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1612

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to hawaii tourism authority.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 201B-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Moneys in the tourism special fund shall be appropriated by the legislature, and used by the authority for the purposes of this chapter, provided that [not]:

(1) Not more than three per cent of this amount shall be used for administrative expenses; [provided further that of] and

(2) Of this amount the sum of $15,000 shall be made available for a protocol fund to be expended at the discretion of the executive director; provided further that moneys in the tourism special fund shall be used for the salaries and expenses of the office of tourism established in section 201-92."

SECTION 2. Section 237D-6.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) Beginning on January 1, 1999[,] revenues collected under this chapter shall be distributed as follows:

(1) 17.3 per cent of the revenues collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the convention center capital and operations special fund established under section 206X-10.5;

(2) 37.9 per cent of the revenues collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the tourism special fund established under section 201B-11; provided that if the amount of revenues collected exceeds $60,000,000 in any year, then all revenues collected in excess of $60,000,000 shall be deposited into the state general fund; and

(3) 44.8 per cent of the revenues collected under this chapter shall be transferred as follows: Kauai county shall receive 14.5 per cent, Hawaii county shall receive 18.6 per cent, city and county of Honolulu shall receive 44.1 per cent, and Maui county shall receive 22.8 per cent.

All transient accommodations taxes shall be paid into the state treasury each month within ten days after collection, and shall be kept by the state director of finance in special accounts for distribution as provided in this subsection."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2001.

INTRODUCED BY:

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