Bill Text: HI SB1422 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional Amendment; Hawaiian Homes; Tax; Exemption
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-26 - (S) Referred to HWN/PGM, JDL. [SB1422 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB1422-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Proposing an amendment to the hawaii constitution to exempt real property under residential lease to native hawaiians pursuant to the Hawaiian homes commission act, 1920, as amended, from taxation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article VIII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to exempt Hawaiian home lands residential leases from real property taxation.
SECTION 2. Article VIII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, is amended to read as follows:
"TAXATION AND FINANCE
Section 3. The taxing power shall be
reserved to the State, except so much thereof as may be delegated by the
legislature to the political subdivisions, and except that all functions,
powers and duties relating to the taxation of real property shall be exercised
exclusively by the counties, with the exception of the county of Kalawao[.];
provided that real property under residential lease to native Hawaiians
pursuant to section 207 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended,
shall be exempt from taxation by the counties. The legislature shall have the
power to apportion state revenues among the several political subdivisions."
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall real property under residential lease to native Hawaiians pursuant to section 207 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, be exempt from real property taxation?"
SECTION 4. Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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Report Title:
Constitutional Amendment; Hawaiian Homes; Tax; Exemption
Description:
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii Constitution to exempt real property under residential lease to native Hawaiians pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, from taxation.
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