Hawaii Senate Bill 534 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-21 - Re-Referred to TSI/WLA/PSM, WAM.
Pending: Senate Tourism and International Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the rate of the transient accommodations tax (TAT) beginning July 1, 2016. Changes the allocation of TAT revenues to each county. Requires each county to expend moneys received from TAT exclusively to market and promote tourism and tourism-related activities and events within the respective county. Requires each county to report to the legislature annually on its expenditures of the TAT. Allocates a percentage of TAT revenues to the state parks special fund and to the special land and development fund. Requires TAT revenues deposited into the special land and development fund to be expended subject to the mutual agreement of the board of land and natural resources and the board of directors of the Hawaii tourism authority an in accordance with the Hawaii tourism authority strategic plan. Transfers a portion of the amounts deposited into the special land and development fund to the beach restoration special fund and appropriates those funds as matching funds for the environmental impact statement associated with the planned beach nourishment project at Kapua on the island of Hawaii. Requires the department of land and natural resources and the Hawaii tourism authority to seek additional or supplemental funding from the counties, the federal government, and private entities to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

Tourism Special Fund; Conservation and Resources Enforcement Special Fund; Transient Accommodations Tax; Appropriation ($)

Sen. Gilbert Kahele [D]	Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland [D]	Sen. Josh Green [D]	Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]
Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]	Sen. Gil Riviere [D]	Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]
Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-21	Senate	Re-Referred to TSI/WLA/PSM, WAM.
2015-12-17		Carried over to 2016 Regular Session.
2015-02-18	Senate	The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
2015-02-18	Senate	The committee on WTL deferred the measure.
2015-02-18	Senate	The committee on TSI deferred the measure.
2015-02-10	Senate	The committee(s) on TSI/WTL/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-15 2:15PM in conference room 225.
2015-01-26	Senate	Referred to TSI/WTL/PSM, WAM.
2015-01-26	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-01-23	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=534&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB534_.HTM