Bill Text: HI HB58 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 58 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating To State Funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2021-07-06 - Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). [HB58 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2021-HB58-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	58
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

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

PART I

SECTION 1. Section 247-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§247-7 Disposition of taxes. (a) All taxes collected under this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund of the State, to be used and expended for the purposes for which the general fund was created and exists by law; provided that of the taxes collected each fiscal year:

(1) Ten per cent or $5,100,000, whichever is less, shall be paid into the land conservation fund established pursuant to section 173A-5; and

(2) Fifty per cent or $38,000,000, whichever is less, shall be paid into the rental housing revolving fund established by section 201H-202.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), for the period beginning July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023, all taxes collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the general fund and expended for the purposes of paying the principal and interest of general obligation bonds pursuant to section 39-12."

PART II

SECTION 2. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2021-2022 to be deposited into the land conservation fund established pursuant to section 173A-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 3. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2022-2023 to be deposited into the land conservation fund established pursuant to section 173A-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the land conservation fund established pursuant to section 173A-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2021-2022 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the purposes for which the land conservation fund is established.

The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this part.

PART III

SECTION 5. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2021-2022 to be deposited into the rental housing revolving fund established pursuant to section 201H-202, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 6. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2022-2023 to be deposited into the rental housing revolving fund established pursuant to section 201H-202, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 7. There is appropriated out of the rental housing revolving fund established pursuant to section 201H-202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2021-2022 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the purposes for which the rental housing revolving fund is established.

The sums appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation for the purposes of this part.

PART IV

SECTION 8. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Conveyance Tax; Disposition; General Obligation Bonds; Land Conservation Fund; Rental Housing Revolving Fund

Description:

Temporarily reallocates conveyance tax revenues for purposes of paying the principal and interest of general obligation bonds. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to be appropriated into and out of the land conservation fund and rental housing revolving fund. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)

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