SUBJECT: GENERAL EXCISE, TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Requires Proof of Payment of Taxes Before Writ of Possession May Issue
BILL NUMBER: SB 2879
INTRODUCED BY: SAN BUENAVENTURA, CHANG, KIDANI, MISALUCHA, RHOADS, Fevella, Kim
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Requires certain landlords, lessors, or plaintiffs in a summary possession action to provide proof of payment of taxes due to the State as a condition of the issuance of a writ of possession.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Include Camper Van Rentals
BILL NUMBER: HB 1839 HD 1
INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Labor and Tourism
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Makes camper vans a type of transient accommodation, the rental of which is subject to the transient accommodations tax (TAT). We are wondering whether this is a solution in search of a problem, and what direction this will take us.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Revisor’s Bill
BILL NUMBER: HB 2049, SB 3309
INTRODUCED BY: HB by SAIKI; SB by KOUCHI
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, or deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Include Camper Van Rentals
BILL NUMBER: SB 2358; HB 1839
INTRODUCED BY: SB by KEITH-AGARAN, DECOITE, LEE, WAKAI, Kidani, Moriwaki; HB by HASHIMOTO, BRANCO, CLARK, GATES, HASHEM, HOLT, ICHIYAMA, ILAGAN, KITAGAWA, MATAYOSHI, MORIKAWA, NAKAMURA, OHNO, ONISHI, QUINLAN, TAKAYAMA, TAM, TARNAS, WOODSON, YAMASHITA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Makes camper vans a type of transient accommodation, the rental of which is subject to the transient accommodations tax (TAT). We are wondering whether this is a solution in search of a problem, and what direction this will take us.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Add Personal Liability
BILL NUMBER: HB 1043, SD1
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Judiciary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Amends chapter 237D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to repeal the misdemeanor for failing to register under chapter 237D and replacing it with a fine structure and to make various technical amendments.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, County Surcharge on TAT
BILL NUMBER: HB 321, SD1 Proposed
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Repeals the distribution of transit accommodations tax revenues to the counties. Authorizes each county to impose a surcharge on transient accommodations tax.
SUBJECT: GENERAL EXCISE, TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Suspends EUTF contribution requirement
BILL NUMBER: SB 1087, SD1
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Suspends the requirement for public employers to make annual required contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund through fiscal year 2024-2025.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Add Personal Liability
BILL NUMBER: HB 1043, HD2
INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Labor & Tourism
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Amends chapter 237D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to repeal the misdemeanor for failing to register under chapter 237D and replacing it with a fine structure and to make various technical amendments.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMODATIONS, Rate adjustment based on visitor arrivals
BILL NUMBER: SB 775, SD1
INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Provides for a mechanism to adjust the transient accommodations tax rate based on visitor arrivals for a calendar year. Requires the director of department of business, economic development and tourism to determine and publish visitor arrivals annually.
SUBJECT: TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS, Repeal of Earmarks
BILL NUMBER: HB 321, HD1
INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Labor & Tourism
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Repeals the allocation of excess transient accommodations tax revenues to the Turtle Bay conservation easement special fund, for development and implementation of initiatives to take advantage of expanded visa programs and increased travel opportunities for international visitors to Hawaii, for the operation of a Hawaiian center and the museum of Hawaiian music and dance, to the tourism special fund for a safety and security budget, to the counties, and to the special land and development fund. Makes the allocations to the convention center enterprise special fund and tourism special fund unspecified amounts.