Hawaii Senate Bill 1278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
Pending: Senate Transportation and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes a county with a population greater than 500,000 to extend the county surcharge on state tax to December 31, 2047. Requires a county that uses the surcharge on state tax for a mass transit project to submit quarterly progress reports to the legislature. Permits counties to use the surcharge on state tax for infrastructure for affordable housing and transit-oriented development. Authorizes the legislature to hold revenues collected from the surcharge on state tax for county use by concurrent resolution. Deducts twenty-five per cent of the amount from the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax for costs associated with handling the assessment, collection, and disposition of the county surcharge on state tax, and the construction of transit-oriented development and other related transportation projects.

Relating To Taxation.

Sen. Donna Kim [D]	Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. William Espero [D]	Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]
Sen. Breene Harimoto [D]	Sen. Brian Taniguchi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-30		Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
2017-01-27	Senate	Referred to TRE/HOU/PSM, WAM.
2017-01-27	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2017-01-25	Senate	Introduced.

SB1278 (Carry Over) 2017-01-27 - Referred to TRE/HOU/PSM, WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1278&year=2018
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB1278_.HTM