Bill Text: HI HB334 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Individual Development Accounts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-22 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [HB334 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB334-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that state-sponsored individual development accounts are an evidence-based method for helping low- and moderate-income people build assets, obtain stable housing, and ensure a financially secure future. Individual development accounts are special savings accounts that match the deposits of low- and moderate-income savers, provided that they participate in financial education and use the savings for targeted purposes such as housing, post-secondary education, small business development, and transportation for work and school. Research demonstrates that these accounts make families more financially secure and communities and local economies more stable.
The purpose of this Act is to amend existing state statutes governing individual development accounts for low- and moderate-income households in Hawaii to assist them with obtaining permanent housing, attending post-secondary education, starting a business, or accessing transportation necessary to earn a living or increase their wages.
SECTION 2. Section 257-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending the definition of "qualified expenditures" to read:
""Qualified expenditures" means an expense as determined by a fiduciary organization, which may include but not be limited to:
(1) Costs associated
with [first] first-time homeownership;
(2) Costs
associated with renting a dwelling;
(3) Costs
associated with using public transportation;
(4) Costs
associated with purchasing or repairing a motor vehicle;
[(2)] (5)
Post-secondary [education;] educational expenses;
[(3)] (6)
Vocational training; and
[(4)] (7)
[Small] Qualified business capitalization expenses for a small
or micro-business [capitalization]."
2. By deleting the definition of "qualified principal residence".
[""Qualified principal
residence" means a principal residence (within the meaning of section 1034
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), the qualified acquisition costs of which
do not exceed one hundred per cent of the average area purchase price
applicable to such residence (determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) and
(3) of section 143(e) of the Code)."]
SECTION 3. Section 257-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The income of the household of the individual
development account holder shall not exceed [eighty] one hundred
per cent of the area household median income."
SECTION 4. Section 257-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§257-3[]] Fiduciary organizations. (a)
Fiduciary organizations shall serve as an intermediary between
individual development account holders and financial institutions holding
accounts. The fiduciary organization's
responsibilities may include:
(1) Marketing participation;
(2) Soliciting matching contributions;
(3) Counseling program participants; and
(4) Conducting verification and compliance activities.
(b)
Locally-based organizations shall [enter into a competitive process]
apply to the department of human services for the right to become
fiduciary organizations for a portion of the state matching dollars that would
be authorized [initially.] from time to time. Fiduciary organization proposals shall be
evaluated and participation rights awarded on the basis of such items as:
(1) Their ability to market the program to potential individual development account holders and potential matching fund contributors;
(2) Their ability to provide safe and secure investments for individual development accounts;
(3) Their overall administrative capacity, including:
(A) Certifications or verifications required to assure compliance with eligibility requirements;
(B) Authorized uses of the accounts matching contributions by individuals or businesses; and
(C) Penalties for unauthorized distributions;
(4) Their capacity to provide financial counseling and other related services to potential participants; and
(5) Their links to other activities designed to increase the independence of individuals and families through high return investments, including homeownership, education and training, and small business development.
(c)
If the [State] department of human services approves an
application to fund an individual development account project under this
section, the [State] department of human services shall[, not
later than one month after June 28, 1999,] authorize the applicant to
conduct the project with state funds for five project years in accordance with
the approved application and this section[; provided that an applicant may
apply for funding during future fiscal years for five project years if the
State lacks the resources to fund an individual development account project
pursuant to this subsection].
[(d) For each individual development account
program approved under this section, the State shall make a grant to the
qualified entity or collaboration of entities authorized to conduct the project
on the first day of the project year in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per
year for five years.
(e)] (d) From among the individuals eligible for
assistance under the Hawaii individual development account program, each
selected fiduciary organization shall select the individuals whom the fiduciary
organization deems to be best suited to receive such assistance."
SECTION 5. Section 257-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§257-7
Assets; disregarded. The department of human services shall [collaborate
with individual development account fiduciary organizations to] ensure that
the accounts as provided for in this chapter, including any earned interest,
shall be disregarded in the determination of benefits or eligibility for
services account holders may receive from the department of human services as
allowed by federal and state laws and regulations.
The department of human services shall establish rules to be aligned with individual development accounts."
SECTION 6. Section 257-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§257-8[]] Matches.
(a) The State shall match an
amount of up to $100,000 per calendar year for individual development accounts[.]
per qualified fiduciary organization in a given year.
(b)
[Not more than a 2:1 match of state funds to account holder deposits
shall be deposited into any individual development account in a given year.]
A fiduciary organization shall maintain sufficient state match funds to
finance the aggregate amount of program matches in a deposit account solely
owned by the fiduciary organization at the financial institution holding the
individual development accounts.
State match funds shall only be
withdrawn from the fiduciary organization's deposit account when the fiduciary
organization makes a withdrawal request for a qualified expenditure to the
fiduciary organization. State match
funds shall not be deposited directly to any individual development account."
SECTION 7. Section 257-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The administrator of the fiduciary organization, with the cooperation of the participating organizations, shall maintain records of the names of contributors and the total amount each contributor contributes to an individual development account match fund for the taxable year. All contributions shall be verified by the department of human services. The department of human services shall total all contributions that the department certifies. Upon each determination, the department of human services shall issue a certificate to the taxpayer. The taxpayer shall file the certificate with the taxpayer's tax return with the department of taxation.
When the
total amount of certified contributions reaches $1,000,000, the department
shall immediately discontinue certifying contributions and notify the
department of taxation. In no instance[,]
shall the total amount of certified contributions exceed $1,000,000 over the
five-year period between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2004[.],
and between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2024."
SECTION 8. Section 257-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§257-11[]] Administration; evaluation; information;
reporting. (a) The fiduciary organization running an
individual development account program shall have sole authority over the
administration of the project. The State
may prescribe only such regulations with respect to demonstration projects
under this chapter as are necessary to ensure compliance pursuant to this
chapter.
[(b) Each individual development account program
shall annually report the number of accounts, the amount of savings and matches
for each account, the uses of the account, and the number of businesses, homes,
and educations purchased, as well as other information as may be required for
responsible operation of the program.
(c) The fiduciary organization shall submit to
the legislature its findings and recommendations no later than twenty days
prior to the convening of each legislative session.
(d)] (b) Selected fiduciary organizations may use no
more than [ten] twenty per cent of state funds as appropriated
under this [[]chapter[]] to cover administrative costs in any
given year."
PART II
SECTION 9. Section 235-5.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) The credit under this section shall be
available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, but shall not be
available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004[.],
and shall be available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, but
shall not be available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024."
PART III
SECTION 10. 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 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the purposes of this Act.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.
PART IV
SECTION 11. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2075.
Report Title:
Individual Development Accounts
Description:
Expands eligibility for state-funded individual development accounts to households with income up to 100 percent of the area median income. Expands allowable uses of account funds for costs associated with rental housing, public transportation, and purchasing or repairing a motor vehicle. Clarifies reporting requirements for fiduciary organizations. Reactivates the tax credit for the five-year period from 2020 through 2024. Effective 7/1/2075. (SD1)
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