SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, Increase Earmark to Land Conservation Fund
BILL NUMBER: SB 838, SD-1
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Water and Land
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Increases the cap on the conveyance tax revenues to be redirected to the land conservation fund to $8.8 million. The cap was imposed to make general fund forecasting more reliable and increase transparency and accountability.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, Tax Hike, Exemption for Affordable Housing
BILL NUMBER: SB 1362
INTRODUCED BY: DELA CRUZ
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Raises the conveyance tax rates for residential investment properties with a value of at least $2,000,000. Exempts affordable housing qualified by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation from the conveyance tax.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, Increase Earmark to Land Conservation Fund
BILL NUMBER: SB 838; HB 1297 (Identical)
INTRODUCED BY: SB by KEITH-AGARAN, BAKER, ENGLISH, RUDERMAN; HB by SAIKI
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Increases the cap on the conveyance tax revenues to be redirected to the land conservation fund to $8.8 million. The cap was imposed to make general fund forecasting more reliable and increase transparency and accountability.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, Tax Hike, Remove Cap on Earmark to Rental Housing Revolving Fund
BILL NUMBER: SB 1120
INTRODUCED BY: HARIMOTO, MORIWAKI, RUDERMAN, S. Chang
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Proposes to reverse Act 84, SLH 2015, which imposed the $38 million cap on the conveyance tax revenues to be redirected to the rental housing revolving fund. The cap was imposed to make general fund forecasting more reliable and increase transparency and accountability.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE TAX
BILL NUMBER: SB 395
INTRODUCED BY: DELA CRUZ, Keith-Agaran
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Repeals exemption from conveyance tax for realty leases of less than 5 years. The additional administrative burden required might not be offset by the incremental revenue.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, Remove Cap on Earmark to Land Conservation Fund
BILL NUMBER: SB 1262; HB 1036 (Identical)
INTRODUCED BY: SB by KOUCHI by request; HB by SAIKI by request (Governor)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Proposes to reverse Act 84, SLH 2015, which imposed the $6.8 million cap on the conveyance tax revenues to be redirected to the land conservation fund. The cap was imposed to make general fund forecasting more reliable and increase transparency and accountability.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, ESTATE, Tax Hikes
BILL NUMBER: HB 207, Proposed SD-1
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Increases estate taxes for Hawaii net taxable estates valued at over $10,000,000. Raises the conveyance tax rates for residential investment properties with a value of at least $2,000,000.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, INCOME, Earmark Conveyance Tax to Feed Rental Assistance Revolving Fund, Make EITC Refundable, Increase Low-Income Household Renters Credit
BILL NUMBER: HB 2703, HD-1, SD-1
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Housing
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: (1) Allocates a portion of the conveyance tax revenues to the rental assistance revolving fund to be used to subsidize rents for persons who meet certain income requirements; (2) Increases the income tax credit for low-income household renters to an unspecified amount; and (3) Makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and changes the amount of the credit to an unspecified percentage of the federal earned income tax credit.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, Hike Rates and Allocate to County Affordable Housing Fund
BILL NUMBER: SB 2188, SD-3
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Floor Amendment
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Establishes an additional conveyance tax rate for the sale of condominiums or single-family residences valued at more than $2 million, whether or not owner-occupied. Requires that the revenue collected in each county from the additional conveyance tax rate be allocated to the respective county’s affordable housing fund. Sunsets 6/30/2023.
SUBJECT: CONVEYANCE, Allows Indication of Short-Term Rental Permission on Conveyance
BILL NUMBER: SB 3089, SD-2
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Ways & Means
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Allows counties to enact ordinances that require the grantor of real property to include in the certificate or certificates of conveyance a county’s determination whether the granted real property may be used for short-term rentals under the county’s zoning or land use ordinances.