Bill Text: HI HB285 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Weights and Measurements Special Fund; Fees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-18 - (S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure. [HB285 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HB285-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to establish a weights and measurements special fund, with the intent of requiring the department of agriculture's measurement standards program to be financially self-supporting.
SECTION 2. Chapter 486, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§486- Weights and measurements special fund. There is established the weights and measurements special fund to be administered by the board of agriculture. All moneys received by the board of agriculture as application fees and for licenses or otherwise under this chapter shall be deposited into the special fund. All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited in the special fund shall become part of the special fund. Moneys in the special fund shall be expended to cover all costs of administering this chapter, including the costs of salaries, fringe benefits, operating expenses, equipment, motor vehicles, contracts for services, and promotional expenses. Moneys in the special fund may be transferred to the general fund for salaries and fringe benefits of other state employees assisting in administering this chapter and other related costs. A reserve shall be maintained in the special fund to cover contingency costs, including accrued vacation leave, unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation."
SECTION 3. Beginning October 1, 2011, the following schedule of fees authorized to be charged under chapter 486, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall take effect:
ANNUAL LICENSE FEES
DEVICE DESCRIPTION UNIT FEE
Dispensers, retail level type:
Oil/Automatic transmission fluid type $
Gas pump – each hose and nozzle $
In addition to the above charges for each dispenser,
the following charges are applicable to establishments so equipped:
Remote indication or control, per system $
Currency reader operated/credit card operated,
per system $
Meters, volumetric indicating:
0 up through 50 gallons per minute $
Over 50 and up through 100 gallons per minute $
Over 100 and up through 1,000 gallons per minute $
Over 1,000 gallons per minute $
Linear measures:
Yardstick, tape measures $
Fabric measures $
Wire and cordage measures $
Taximeters $
Scales:
0 up through 100 pounds $
Over 100 and up through 500 pounds $
Over 500 and up through 1,000 pounds $
Over 1,000 and up through 9,000 pounds $
Over 9,000 and up through 25,000 pounds $
Over 25,000 and up through 60,000 pounds $
Over 60,000 and up through 100,000 pounds $
Over 100,000 pounds $
CALIBRATION FEES
MEASUREMENT STANDARDS DESCRIPTION UNIT FEE
Length Standard:
Steel tape per calibrated point $
Mass standards (ASTM class 3-7 and NIST Class F): Charge
per standard:
10 pounds or less $
Greater than 10 pounds up to and including 100 pounds $
Greater than 100 pounds up to and including 2,500 pounds $
5 kilograms or less $
Greater than 5 kilograms up to
and including 45 kilograms $
Greater than 45 kilograms up to
and including 1,134 kilograms $
Mass standards, Advance Weighing Designs
(ASTM class 0, 1, 2): Charge per standard:
10 pounds or less $
Greater than 10 pounds up to and including 100 pounds $
5 kilograms or less $
Greater than 5 kilograms up to
and including 50 kilograms $
Volume standards, glassware, flasks, and graduated cylinders: Charge per standard:
1 gallon or less $
4 liters or less $
Volume standards, metal test measures and provers:
Charge per standard:
5 gallons or less $
Greater than 5 gallons up to and including 15 gallons $
Greater than 15 gallons up to and including 200 gallons $
Greater than 200 gallons up to
and including 1,500 gallons $
19 liters or less $
Greater than 19 liters up to
and including 57 liters $
Greater than 57 liters up to
and including 757 liters $
Greater than 757 liters up to
and including 5,678 liters $
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011-2012 for deposit into the weights and measurements special fund as seed capital for the special fund.
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the weights and measurements special fund the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011-2012 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for the measurement standards program under chapter 486, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and for reimbursement to the general fund of the seed capital appropriated in section 4.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 6. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.
Report Title:
Weights and Measurements Special Fund; Fees
Description:
Establishes the Weights and Measurements Special Fund. Statutorily establishes a fee structure for fees authorized under Chapter 486, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Makes appropriations. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB285 HD2)
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