Bill Text: HI SB1013 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [SB1013 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB1013-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 240-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§240-1 Electric light and power
companies, tax on. Every person operating in the
State an electric light or power business as a public utility, whose franchise
[does not provide] provides for the payment to the county in which the public utility
operates of a tax[, or a tax of less than] of two and one-half
per cent[,] or less, based upon the gross receipts of such person from all
electric light or power furnished to consumers during each calendar year, shall
file with the director of finance of the county in which the public utility
operates, within one month after the expiration of each calendar year, a
detailed statement showing all gross receipts from all electric light or power
furnished to consumers during the preceding calendar year. Such person shall,
at the same time pay one-half of the tax collected to the director of finance, for and on behalf of such
county, in addition to any and all other payments required to be made by law, [two
and one-half per cent of the gross receipts; or, if such person's franchise
provides for a tax of less than two and one-half per cent of the gross
proceeds, the difference between the tax required under such franchise and two
and one-half per cent of the gross receipts, of such person from all electric
light or power furnished to consumers during the preceding calendar year.] and one-half of the tax collected to the department of
transportation highways division. Payments of the franchise tax made to the
department of transportation highways division shall be deposited into the
state highway fund and shall be used for operation and maintenance of the
department's highway facilities."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST
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Report Title:
Department of Transportation; Franchise Utility
Description:
Allows the State Department of Transportation Highways Division to collect an equitable compensation from franchise utility companies for the use of the state right of way.
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