Bill Text: HI SB285 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - Re-Referred to EET/WLA, WAM. [SB285 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB285-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	285
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the environmental response, energy, and food security tax.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is increase the amount of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to be deposited into the environmental response revolving fund, energy security special fund, and agricultural development and food security special fund.

SECTION 2. Section 243-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) 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) [15] 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.

The tax imposed by this subsection shall be paid by the distributor of the petroleum product."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax

Description:

Increases the amount of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax that shall be deposited into the environmental response revolving fund, energy security special fund, and agricultural development and food security special fund.

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