Bill Text: HI SB2830 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Mass Transit Special Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-24 - Referred to TRE/PSM, WAM. [SB2830 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2830-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE MASS TRANSIT SPECIAL FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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1. Section 26-19, Hawaii Revised
Statute is amended to read as follows:
"§26-19 Department of transportation shall be
headed by a single executive to be known as the director of transportation. The department shall establish, maintain, and
operate transportation facilities of the State, including highways, airports,
harbors, and such other transportation facilities and activities as may be
authorized by law.
The
department shall plan, develop, promote, and coordinate various transportation
systems management programs that shall include, but not be limited to,
alternate work and school hours programs, bicycling programs, and ridesharing
programs.
The
department shall develop and promote ridesharing programs which shall include
but not be limited to, carpool and vanpool programs, and may assist
organizations interested in promoting similar programs, arrange for contracts
with private organizations to manage and operate these programs, and assist in
the formulation of ridesharing arrangements. Ridesharing programs include informal
arrangements in which two or more persons ride together in a motor vehicle.
The
department shall adopt and enforce the provisions of the Federal Transit
Authority's regulations regarding safety oversight of rail fixed guideway
public transportation systems in the State of Hawaii, to protect and promote
safety, and welfare, including safety oversight of the aspects of the rail
fixed guideway system that are not regulated by the Federal Railroad
Administration.
The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the department of public works with respect to highways are transferred to the department of transportation established by this chapter.
On
July 1, 1961, the Hawaii aeronautics commission, the board of harbor
commissioners and the highway commission shall be abolished and their remaining
functions, duties, and powers shall be transferred to the department of
transportation."
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2. Section 248-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[§248-2.7] Mass transit special fund;
established; distribution of funds. (a) There is established a mass transit special
fund to be administered by the department of budget and finance.
(b)
For the period beginning on January 1,
2018, to December 31, 2030, transient accommodations tax and surcharge on state
tax revenues allocated to the mass transit special fund pursuant to sections
237D-2(e) and 248-2.6 shall be deposited into the special fund. The department of transportation shall be
credited $500,000 annually. All
interest earned on the moneys in the special fund shall be credited to the
general fund. The mass transit special
fund shall be exempt from the central service expenses deduction under section
36-27 and departmental administrative expenses deduction under section 36-30.
(c)
Upon receiving a certification statement
from the comptroller pursuant to section 40-81.5, the director of finance shall
allocate and disburse moneys in the mass transit special fund to the director
of finance of a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand;
provided that the director of finance shall only disburse those amounts that
are certified in the certification statement for that county for the purposes
specified in section 46-16.8; provided further that revenues allocated from the
special fund shall not be used for:
(1) Operating or maintenance costs of the mass
transit project or any purpose not consistent with section 46-16.8(e); or
(2) Administrative, operating, marketing, or
maintenance costs, including personnel costs, of a rapid transportation
authority charged with the responsibility for constructing, operating, or
maintaining the mass transit project;
provided further that the total amount
of funds that are available, allocated, and disbursed by the director of
finance pursuant to this section shall not be in excess of the total amount
indicated on the certification statement. The director of finance may allocate and
disburse moneys pursuant to this section on a monthly basis.
Any
amounts allocated and disbursed pursuant to this section shall be subject to
the availability of funds deposited and on balance in the special fund. The director of finance shall not allocate or
disburse any amounts from the special fund that are in excess of any amounts
deposited and on balance in the special fund.
(d)
The director of finance shall post all
certification statements received from the comptroller pursuant to section
40-81.5 on the department of budget and finance's website within ten working
days of payments made pursuant to this section.
(e)
The department of budget and finance
shall submit an annual report to the legislature not later than twenty days
prior to the convening of each regular session on the total amount of funds
allocated pursuant to this section.
(f)
The director of finance may establish
rules, exempt from chapter 91, for the purposes of this section."
SECTION
3. New statutory material is
underscored.
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4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Safety oversight; Mass Transit Special Fund.
Description:
Provides funds to the Department of Transportation for the safety oversight of rail fixed guideway system.
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