Bill Text: HI SB2777 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Environmental Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-16 - This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Tuesday 03-17-20 9:00AM in conference room 325. [SB2777 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2777-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 341, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§341- Environmental
council special fund; established. (a) There
is created in the state treasury a special fund to be designated as the environmental
council special fund into which shall be deposited the following moneys:
(1) Appropriations by the legislature to the special
fund;
(2) All revenues allocated for deposit into the
special fund by the environmental response, energy, and food security tax pursuant
to section 243‑3.5;
(3) Gifts, donations, and grants from public agencies,
private persons, and private entities; and
(4) Any interest earned on the balance of the special
fund.
(b) Moneys in the environmental council special fund shall be used for the functions described in section 341-6."
SECTION 2. Section 243-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) In addition to any other taxes provided by
law, subject to the exemptions set forth in section 243-7, there is hereby
imposed a state environmental response, energy, and food security tax on each
barrel or fractional part of a barrel of petroleum product sold by a
distributor to any retail dealer or end user of petroleum product, other than a
refiner. The tax shall be $1.05 on each
barrel or fractional part of a barrel of petroleum product that is not aviation
fuel; provided that of the tax collected pursuant to this subsection:
(1) 5 cents of the tax on each barrel shall be deposited
into the environmental response revolving fund established under section
128D-2;
(2) 5 cents of the tax on each barrel shall be
deposited into the energy security special fund established under section
201-12.8;
(3) 10 cents of the tax on each barrel shall be
deposited into the energy systems development special fund established under
section 304A-2169.1; [and]
(4) 15 cents of the tax on each barrel shall be
deposited into the agricultural development and food security special fund
established under section 141-10[.]; and
(5) 0.00525 cent of the tax on each barrel
shall be deposited into the environmental council special fund established under
section 341- .
(b) In addition to subsection (a), the tax shall
also be imposed on each one million British thermal units of fossil fuel sold
by a distributor to any retail dealer or end user, other than a refiner, of
fossil fuel. The tax shall be 19 cents on
each one million British thermal units of fossil fuel; provided that of the tax
collected pursuant to this subsection:
(1) 4.8 per cent of the tax on each one million
British thermal units shall be deposited into the environmental response
revolving fund established under section 128D-2;
(2) 14.3 per cent of the tax on each one million
British thermal units shall be deposited into the energy security special fund
established under section 201‑12.8;
(3) 9.5 per cent of the tax on each one million
British thermal units shall be deposited into the energy systems development
special fund established under section 304A-2169.1; [and]
(4) 14.3 per cent of the tax on each one million
British thermal units shall be deposited into the agricultural development and food
security special fund established under section 141-10[.]; and
(5) 0.005 per cent of the tax on each one
million British thermal units shall be deposited into the environmental
council special fund established under section 341- .
The tax imposed by this subsection shall be paid by the distributor of the fossil fuel."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the environmental response revolving fund created under section 128D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 to be deposited into the environmental council special fund established by section 1 of this Act.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the environmental council special fund established by section 1 of this Act the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the functions described in section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax; Environmental Council Special Fund; Appropriations
Description:
Establishes the environmental council special fund. Dedicates a portion of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax revenue to the environmental council special fund. Appropriates funds to the environmental council special fund from the environmental response revolving fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
