Bill Text: HI HB2457 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Rental Motor Vehicle Surcharge Tax.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 9 [HB2457 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2457-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that rental car use has increased steadily in the State, adding to traffic congestion on each island. The legislature also acknowledges that where state and county roadways have not been improved, the increasing number of rental cars and resident-owned vehicles adds to traffic congestion.
The legislature further finds that additional highway funding is needed due to highways that are congested and in need of widening and improvements.
The legislature recognizes, however, that highway expansion is not possible in certain areas of the State due to coastal locations, lack of public right of way, or topographic, environmental, cultural resource, or funding limitations. The legislature also acknowledges that some counties would like to promote the use of public transit and private shuttles to reduce the number of single-occupancy vehicles on Hawaii's roadways.
The legislature finds that public transit and private shuttles are not self-supporting and require ongoing public subsidies to operate, yet dedicated sources of funding are limited. Public transit and private shuttles benefit both visitors and Hawaii's residents, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to meeting Hawaii's clean energy goals, reduce transportation costs for families with limited incomes, eliminate the need for costly highway widening, and can help to direct future land uses more efficiently around transit stations.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to provide a dedicated source of revenue to the state highway fund and the newly created state transit fund and to assist the counties to operate public transit and private shuttles that help to relieve roadway congestion.
SECTION 2. Chapter 248, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§248- State
transit fund. (a) There is created in the treasury of the State
a special fund to be known as the state transit fund, to be administered by the
director of transportation.
(b) One-half of the surcharge tax collected under
section 251-2(a) in each calendar year shall be deposited in the state transit
fund.
(c) Moneys in the state transit fund shall be
distributed to the counties in the following percentages:
(1) The city
and county of Honolulu shall receive thirty per cent;
(2) The county of Hawaii
shall receive nineteen per cent;
(3) The county of
Kauai shall receive sixteen per cent; and
(4) The county
of Maui shall receive thirty-five per cent.
(d) The counties shall expend the moneys received
under subsection (c) for new or expanded county public transit and private
shuttle programs.
(e) The mayor of each county shall submit an annual report to the legislature not later than thirty days prior to the convening of each regular session on the expenditures of the moneys received under subsection (c).
§248- State
highway fund; disposition of rental motor vehicle surcharge tax revenues. (a)
The department of transportation shall distribute the moneys received
under section 251-5(b) to the counties in the following percentages:
(1) The city
and county of Honolulu shall receive thirty per cent;
(2) The county of Hawaii
shall receive nineteen per cent;
(3) The county of
Kauai shall receive sixteen per cent; and
(4) The county
of Maui shall receive thirty-five per cent.
(b) The counties shall expend the moneys received
under subsection (a) for new or expanded county public transit and private
shuttle programs.
(c) The mayor of each county shall submit an annual report to the legislature not later than thirty days prior to the convening of each regular session on the expenditures of the moneys received under subsection (a)."
SECTION 3. Section 251-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There is levied and shall be assessed and collected each month a rental motor vehicle surcharge tax of $7.50 a day, except that after June 30, 2012, the tax shall be $3 a day, and after June 30, 2018, the tax shall be $ a day, or any portion of a day that a rental motor vehicle is rented or leased. The rental motor vehicle surcharge tax shall be levied upon the lessor; provided that the tax shall not be levied on the lessor if:
(1) The lessor is renting the vehicle to replace a vehicle of the lessee that is being repaired; and
(2) A record of the
repair order for the vehicle is retained either by the lessor for two years for
verification purposes or by a motor vehicle repair dealer for two years as
provided in section 437B-16."
SECTION 4. Section 251-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§251-5 Remittances. (a) All remittances of surcharge taxes imposed
under this chapter shall be made by cash, bank draft, cashier's check, money
order, or certificate of deposit to the office of the taxation district to
which the return was transmitted. [The]
Except as provided in subsection (b), the department shall deposit the
moneys into the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund.
(b) Commencing July 1, 2018, the department shall deposit one-half of the surcharge tax levied and collected under section 251-2(a) into the state highway fund."
SECTION 5. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018.
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INTRODUCED
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Report Title:
Rental Motor Vehicle Surcharge Tax; State Highway Fund; State Transit Fund; Counties
Description:
Creates the state transit fund. Raises the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to $ per day, and deposits one-half of the revenues into the state transit fund and the other half into the state highway fund for distribution to the counties. Requires the counties to use the surcharge tax revenue for new or expanded county public transit and private shuttle programs. Requires annual reports from the counties.
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