Category Archives: Constitutional Amendment

SB 1295 SD 2

Constitutional Amendment

SUBJECT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Allow Counties to Issue Tax Increment Bonds and Exclude from County Debt Limit

BILL NUMBER:  SB 1295 SD 2

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions. Continue reading SB 1295 SD 2 →

SB 1295 SD 1

Constitutional Amendment

SUBJECT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Allow Counties to Issue Tax Increment Bonds and Exclude from County Debt Limit

BILL NUMBER:  SB 1295 SD 1

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Judiciary

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions. Continue reading SB 1295 SD 1 →

SB 1295, HB 997

Constitutional Amendment

SUBJECT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Allow Counties to Issue Tax Increment Bonds and Exclude from County Debt Limit

BILL NUMBER:  SB 935, HB 997 [BED-12]

INTRODUCED BY: SB by KOUCHI; HB by SAIKI (Governor’s Package)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions. Continue reading SB 1295, HB 997 →

HB 2085, SB 3053

Constitutional Amendment

SUBJECT:  CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Allows Counties to Issue Tax Increment Bonds and Exclude from County Debt Limit

BILL NUMBER:  HB 2085, SB 3053

INTRODUCED BY: HB by SAIKI by request; SB by KOUCHI by request (Governor’s Package)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions.

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HB 1208, HD 1 (Carried over from 2021 Session)

Constitutional Amendment

SUBJECT:  CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Allows State to Impose Real Property Tax

BILL NUMBER:  HB 1208, HD 1 (Carried over from 2021 Session)

INTRODUCED BY:  House Committee on Economic Development

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to repeal the exclusive power of the counties as to the functions, powers, and duties relating to the taxation of real property and authorize the State to also exercise those functions, powers, and duties.

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HB 1208

Constitutional Amendment

SUBJECT:  CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Allows State to Impose Real Property Tax

BILL NUMBER:  HB 1208

INTRODUCED BY:  HASHEM, LUKE, SAIKI, YAMASHITA, Belatti

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to repeal the exclusive power of the counties as to the functions, powers, and duties relating to the taxation of real property and authorize the State to also exercise those functions, powers, and duties.

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SB 2074

Constitutional Amendment, Real Property (County Ordinances)

SUBJECT:  REAL PROPERTY, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Real Property Tax Surcharge to Fund Infrastructure Improvements Near Rapid Transit Stations

BILL NUMBER:  SB 2074

INTRODUCED BY:  DELA CRUZ, KEITH-AGARAN, KIDANI, Shimabukuro

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Allows the legislature to impose a surcharge on real property tax to fund infrastructure improvements near rapid transit stations.  Limits should be written into the amendment or the voters should be apprised that they are voting only on granting power to the legislature to impose a state level real property tax surcharge, with no limitations on that power.

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SB 858; HB 541 (Identical)

Constitutional Amendment

SUBJECT:  CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Authorize Issuance of Tax Increment Bonds

BILL NUMBER:  SB 858; HB 541 (Identical)

INTRODUCED BY:  SB by KEITH-AGARAN, BAKER, S. CHANG, DELA CRUZ, ENGLISH, J. KEOHOKALOLE, Gabbard, Wakai; HB by YAMASHITA, DECOITE, HASHIMOTO, MCKELVEY, WOODSON, Wildberger

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:  Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize the counties to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in determining the funded deb

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SB2922; HB2608

Constitutional Amendment, Real Property (County Ordinances), Transient Accommodations Tax (HRS 237D)

SUBJECT:  REAL PROPERTY, TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Education Surcharge on Residential Investment Properties and Visitor Accommodations

BILL NUMBER:  SB 2922; HB 2608 (Similar)

INTRODUCED BY:  SB by KIDANI, S. CHANG, ESPERO, GALUTERIA, HARIMOTO, K. RHOADS, K. KAHELE; HB by WOODSON, AQUINO, BROWER, CREAGAN, DECOITE, EVANS, GATES, ING, JOHANSON, KEOHOKALOLE, C. LEE, LOPRESTI, LOWEN, MORIKAWA, NISHIMOTO, SAN BUENAVENTURA, TODD, Nakamura, Nakashima, Yamashita

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:  Allows the legislature to impose a surcharge on real property tax for residential investment property, and on transient accommodations.  We question why this type of increase is being sought given that the Department of Education already has a gargantuan share of the State budget but is still beset with such issues as frustrated teachers and students roasting in our classrooms.  Limits should be written into the amendment or the voters should be apprised that they are voting only on granting power to the legislature to impose a state level real property tax surcharge, with no limitations on that power.

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