HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2018-13COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTY OF KAUA’I t1~0 luti 0 fl No.2018-13 RESOLUTION OPPOSING H.B.NO.1665,H.D.1,RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX WHEREAS,H.B.No.1665,Relating to the Transient Accommodations Tax,was initiated by the Raw ai’i Council of Mayors;and WHEREAS,the purpose of H.B.No.1665 was to amend the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated to the counties from a specified sum to a percentage of the revenues collected;and WHEREAS,at its hearing on the measure held on February 6,2018,the House Tourism Committee substantially amended H.B.No.1665;and WHEREAS,H.B.No.1665,H.D.1,proposes to change the method of allocating transient accommodations tax revenues to counties to one based on reimbursements to a county for specified public services rendered by the county and the amount of the tax credits under a primary residential property owner tax credit program;and WHEREAS,H.B.No.1665,H.D.1,also proposes to create a tax credit program for primary residential property owners who do not provide transient accommodations;and WHEREAS,H.B.No.1665,H.D.1,also proposes to cap the amount that a particular county may receive in reimbursements;and WHEREAS,at its hearing on February 16,2018,the House Finance Committee recommended that H.B.No.1665,H.D.1,be passed on Third Reading,unamended,and referred the measure to the Senate;now,therefore,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUA’I,STATE OF HAWAI’I,that it strongly opposes H.B.No.1665,H.D.1,Relating to the Transient Accommodations Tax.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED,that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the House Committee on Tourism,House Committee on Finance,Senate Committee on Public Safety,Intergovernmental,and Military Affairs,Senate Committee on Economic Development,Tourism,and Technology,Senate Committee on Ways and Means,Speaker of the House Scott K.Saiki,President of the Senate Ronald D.Kouchi,Representative Daynette “Dee”Morikawa,Representative Nadine K.Nakamura,and Representative James Kunane Tokioka.Introduced by:b~uL~b~~7 MEL RAPOZO Qlerttttcate @1 ~boptIon ~~wrebp ccrtIfp t~j~t 3L~e~otutIon ~o.201&13 kua~abopteb lip t~je QEouncIl of t~jc Qlountp of I~aua’i,~‘tat~of ~~iiai’i,1Li~ju’e,I~au&i,~~March 14,2018 V:\RESOLUTIONS\2016-2018 TERM\Reso Opposing HD 1665,HD1 TAT MR AMK_ct.docx ~pe j~ap Q~xtuftb 3&~cuftb ~&un x QLbock x ~x I~anc~ljiro x I~a~iiaftami x 3&apo~o x ~ukimura x Z~otat ~0 0 0 L4öt~ntp Qtierk QJ~jatrman &~re~ibin~Q~fffter ~atL~b~rch 15,2018