Bill Text: HI SB511 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Biodiesel; Market Stimulation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB511 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB511-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Biodiesel; Market Stimulation
Description:
Provides various market stimulation incentives for the development of biodiesel, including making state agricultural lands available for biodiesel fuel crops.
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to biodiesel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new subpart to part III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
" . Crops Used in the Production of Biodiesel Fuel
§171- Definitions. As used in this subpart:
"Biodiesel" means a vegetable oil-based fuel that meets ASTM International Standard D6751, "Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels", as amended.
"Eligible lessee" means a person who is:
(1) Engaged or proposing to engage in an agricultural use by growing qualified crops; and
(2) Qualified to lease public lands under this chapter.
"Qualified crops" means those agricultural crops having vegetable oil content that is suitable for bioconversion into biodiesel fuel, including soy, corn, bean, nut, olive, canola, sunflower, and other crops and their seeds.
§171- Lease of agricultural lands for crops used in the production of biodiesel fuel. The board may lease, by direct negotiation and without recourse to public auction, public agricultural lands to eligible lessees; provided that:
(1) The terms of the lease entered into between the board and an eligible lessee shall incorporate appropriate restrictions on the use of the land, ensuring that the land is used for agricultural purposes and that qualified crops are grown; provided further that nothing in this subpart shall affect an eligible lessee's use of the land for personal residence purposes, if allowed by relevant land use laws; and
(2) The qualified crops grown on the leased public lands shall be sold, exchanged, bartered, traded, or otherwise transferred in exchange for consideration to oil seed processing facilities or biodiesel producers."
SECTION 2. Section 103D-1012, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a), (b), and (c) to read as follows:
"(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, contracts for the purchase of diesel fuel or boiler fuel shall be
awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidders, with preference given
to bids for [biofuels or blends of biofuel and petroleum fuel.] biodiesel
blends that contain up to twenty per cent biodiesel that is produced in the
State from feedstock grown in the State.
(b) When purchasing fuel for use in diesel
engines, the preference shall be [five]:
(1) Fifty cents per gallon of [one
hundred per cent biodiesel. For blends containing both biodiesel and
petroleum-based diesel, the preference shall be applied only to the biodiesel
portion of the blend.] twenty per cent biodiesel (B20);
(2) Twenty-five cents per gallon of ten per cent biodiesel (B10); and
(3) Twelve and one-half cents per gallon of five per cent biodiesel (B5).
The preference shall be applied only to the biodiesel portion of the blend.
(c) When purchasing fuel for use in boilers,
the preference shall be [five]:
(1) Fifty cents per gallon of [one
hundred per cent biofuel. For blends containing both biofuel and
petroleum-based boiler fuel, the preference shall be applied only to the
biofuel portion of the blend.] twenty per cent biodiesel (B20);
(2) Twenty-five cents per gallon of ten per cent biodiesel (B10); and
(3) Twelve and one-half cents per gallon of five per cent biodiesel (B5).
The preference shall be applied only to the biofuel portion of the blend."
SECTION 3. Section 235-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There shall be excluded from gross income, adjusted gross income, and taxable income:
(1) Income not subject to taxation by the State under the Constitution and laws of the United States;
(2) Rights, benefits, and other income exempted from taxation by section 88-91, having to do with the state retirement system, and the rights, benefits, and other income, comparable to the rights, benefits, and other income exempted by section 88-91, under any other public retirement system;
(3) Any compensation received in the form of a pension for past services;
(4) Compensation paid to a patient affected with Hansen's disease employed by the State or the United States in any hospital, settlement, or place for the treatment of Hansen's disease;
(5) Except as otherwise expressly provided, payments made by the United States or this State, under an act of Congress or a law of this State, which by express provision or administrative regulation or interpretation are exempt from both the normal and surtaxes of the United States, even though not so exempted by the Internal Revenue Code itself;
(6) Any income expressly exempted or excluded from the measure of the tax imposed by this chapter by any other law of the State, it being the intent of this chapter not to repeal or supersede any express exemption or exclusion;
(7) Income received by each member of the reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States of America, and the Hawaii national guard as compensation for performance of duty, equivalent to pay received for forty-eight drills (equivalent of twelve weekends) and fifteen days of annual duty, at an:
(A) E-1 pay grade after eight years of service; provided that this subparagraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004;
(B) E-2 pay grade after eight years of service; provided that this subparagraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005;
(C) E-3 pay grade after eight years of service; provided that this subparagraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006;
(D) E-4 pay grade after eight years of service; provided that this subparagraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007; and
(E) E-5 pay grade after eight years of service; provided that this subparagraph shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008;
(8) Income derived from the operation of ships or aircraft if the income is exempt under the Internal Revenue Code pursuant to the provisions of an income tax treaty or agreement entered into by and between the United States and a foreign country; provided that the tax laws of the local governments of that country reciprocally exempt from the application of all of their net income taxes, the income derived from the operation of ships or aircraft that are documented or registered under the laws of the United States;
(9) The value of legal services provided by a prepaid legal service plan to a taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and the taxpayer's dependents;
(10) Amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by a prepaid legal service plan to a taxpayer as payment or reimbursement for the provision of legal services to the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and the taxpayer's dependents;
(11) Contributions by an employer to a prepaid legal service plan for compensation (through insurance or otherwise) to the employer's employees for the costs of legal services incurred by the employer's employees, their spouses, and their dependents;
(12) Amounts received in the form of a monthly surcharge
by a utility acting on behalf of an affected utility under section 269-16.3 shall
not be gross income, adjusted gross income, or taxable income for the acting utility
under this chapter. Any amounts retained by the acting utility for collection or
other costs shall not be included in this exemption; [and]
(13) One hundred per cent of the gain realized by a fee simple owner from the sale of a leased fee interest in units within a condominium project, cooperative project, or planned unit development to the association of owners under chapter 514A or 514B, or the residential cooperative corporation of the leasehold units.
For purposes of this paragraph:
["Fee simple owner" shall have
the same meaning as provided under section 516-1; provided that it shall
include legal and equitable owners;
"Legal and equitable owner", and
"leased fee interest" shall have the same meanings as provided under
section 516-1; and]
"Condominium project" and "cooperative project" shall have the same meanings as provided under section 514C-1.
"Fee simple owner" shall have the same meaning as provided under section 516-1; provided that it shall include legal and equitable owners.
"Legal and equitable owner" and "leased fee interest" shall have the same meanings as provided under section 516-1; and
(14) One hundred per cent of income derived from the operation of an oil seed crushing facility that processes oil seed produced or grown in the State for biodiesel production in the State.
As used in this paragraph:
"Biodiesel" means a vegetable oil-based fuel that meets ASTM International Standard D6751, "Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels", as amended.
"Biodiesel production facility" means a facility that processes feedstock to produce biodiesel.
"Oil seed crushing facility" means a facility that processes oil seed that is grown in the State, including soy, corn, bean, nut, olive, canola, mustard, and sunflower and other crops and their seeds, to be used as biomass to produce biodiesel."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2010; provided that the amendments made to section 235-7(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, by section 3 of this Act, shall not be repealed when that section is repealed and reenacted on January 1, 2013, pursuant to section 3 of Act 166, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.
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