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2015 Legislave Session
Aloha!
The 2015 Hawaii State Legislave Session began on Wednesday, January 21st. Over 2700 bills were introduced in both
the House and the Senate. The Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Associaon reviewed every bill and priorized those that
would either negavely or posively affect your business.
During the summer of 2014, we witnessed a changing landscape in our State’s government.
Former Senator David Ige was elected to Governor bringing with him, former Hawai'i Tourism Authority President and
CEO, Mike McCartney, as his Chief of Staff.
In the Legislature, Senator Donna Kim retained her posion as Senate President and Representave Joseph Souki
retained his seat as Speaker of the House.
Senator Jill Tokuda and Senator Ron Kouchi was appointed to Chair and Vice Chair, respecvely, of the Senate
Commi:ee on Ways and Means.
Representave Tom Brower and Representave Takashi Ohno served this session as the Chair and Vice Chair,
respecvely, of the House Commi:ee on Tourism.
Senator Gilbert Kahele and Senator J. Kalani English served this session as the Chair and Vice Chair, respecvely, of the
Senate commi:ee on Tourism and Internaonal Affairs.
Representave Sylvia Luke and Representave Sco: Nishimoto, served as the Chair and Vice Chairs, respecvely, of
the House Commi:ee on Finance.
At the end of the 2015 session the State of Hawai'i once again witnessed a shi= in power, Senator Ronald Kouchi took
over as President of the Senate and named Will Espero as Vice President of the Senate, J. Kalani English as Majority
Leader, Josh Green as Majority Floor Leader, Brickwood Galuteria as Majority Caucus Leader and Donovan Dela Cruz as
Majority Whip.
The following page contains a summary of some of the top issues that came up during Session.
Mahalo & Aloha,
George D. Szige
President & CEO
AH&LA (Naonal) PRIORITY ISSUES
BRAND USA:
Congress has recently agreed to extend a program that is quite crical to our industry, known as BRAND USA, for an extended 5
year period. BRAND USA is our naon’s desnaon markeng organizaon, a public-private partnership designed at increasing
internaonal travel to the United States.
SHORT TERM ONLINE RENTAL MARKET (S.T.O.R.M.):
This is an issue that is being addressed across the naon. The main goals looking to be achieved are to collect due taxes from the
VRBO’s (establishing parity), ensure safety for visitors, neighbors and community members alike, establish rules and regulaons
that abide county ordinances, establish and monitor a registered lisng of VRBO’s, and to properly disclose all proper informaon
to the public through online posngs such as registraon, TAX numbers, and informaon that ensures consumer protecon and
transparency.
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Currently these States are making a big push for legislaon: Hawai'i, California, New York, Georgia, Maine, Florida, Texas,
Rhode Island, Massachuse:s, Montana, and Tennessee (among others). In total over 70 cies and counes are currently
looking at ways to address the proliferaon and regulaon issues surrounding short term online rentals.
ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCY LITIGATION :
This year the Hawai'i Supreme Court came to a decision on the ligaon surrounding the Online Travel Agencies and owed back
taxes to the State. The decision has the OTC’s paying back the General Excise Tax owed to the State spanning over 10 years. HLTA
issued an official statement along with AH&LA stang that while we are happy with an outcome that addresses the GET, we would
have liked to see the issue of owed transient accommodaons tax addressed.
AMBUSH ELECTIONS:
In mid-December the Naonal Labor Relaons Board (NLRB) released its final rule on governing representaon-case procedures
(union elecons), also known as the “Ambush Rule”. The rule will significantly alter the meframe for representaon elecons in
the workplace. It shortens the elecon process down from the current median me of 38 days to as few as 10 days. A joint
resoluon S.J. Res 8 was passed by both the Senate and House of Representaves which would provide congressional disapproval
of the rule submi:ed by the Naonal Labor Relaons Boar relang to representaon case procedures. This bill was unfortunately
vetoed by the President. The NLRB’s rule went into effect on April 14th and AH&LA is remaining hopeful that a court will overturn
the rule in the very near future.
ONLINE BOOKING SCAMS:
Online scams and frauds are plaguing our industry with con-arsts on the web ripping off our visitors with fake online booking
mechanisms. AH&LA is urging member s of Congress to press the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in further invesgang this
problem.
STATE PRIORITY ISSUES
Short Term Online Rental Market (S.T.O.R.M):
Numerous bills were introduced in both the House and the Senate that called for ways to regulate the growing market
of Vacaon Rentals By Owners (VRBO’s). Two bills, SB519 and HB825, gained the most tracon. SB519 authorizes the
Department of Taxaon to enforce civil penales for operators and plan managers who fail to display their cerficate of
registraon and registraon ID numbers for transient accommodaons and resort me share vacaon plans. HB825
called for the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to establish licensing requirements and enforcement
provisions for transient vacaon rentals. Both bills ‘crossed over’ to the other chamber; HB825 was killed in the
Senate while SB519 went the distance and was recently passed out of Conference Commi:ee, it will be put to Final
Reading this week.
Tax Credit for Construcon/Renovaon:
At the beginning of the Session, we connued to push for the desired tax credit on hotel construcon and renovaon.
HB133, HB572 and SB536 all addressed the issue of bringing back a much desired tax exempon. HB133 and SB536
both ulmately died this year in the Senate Commi:ee on Ways and Means. With new leadership focused heavily on
fiscal strength, it wasn’t in the books this year to establish a tax credit for our industry.
Transient Accommodaons Tax & County Funding:
This session there were a handful of Bills that addressed the Transient Accommodaons Tax in regards to County
allocaons. In 2014, Act 174 SLH 2014, was established which created a State-County funcons working group which is
tasked with evaluang the division of dues and responsibilies between the State and counes relang to the
provision of public services; and to submit a recommendaon to the Legislature on the appropriate allocaon of the
transient accommodaons tax revenues between the State and counes that properly reflect the division of dues and
responsibilies relang to the provision of public services. We took the stance that the group should report their
findings (scheduled 20 days prior to the convening of the 2016 Legislature), before any legislaon addresses the issue
of changing the model in which the counes receive TAT allocaons.
Labor & Mandatory Sick Leave:
This session there were two bills SB129 and HB496 that required certain employers to provide sick leave to service
workers. We opposed both of these bills with the reasoning that the majority of companies in Hawaii currently address
the issue of sick leave as an agreement between the employer and employee; we feel that this benefit should not be
imposed as a requirement through legislaon. Alongside many other associaons, chambers of commerce, businesses
and organizaons we were able to oppose and put a stop to these bills.
Labor & Mandatory Sick Leave:
This session there were two bills that looked to impose new renewable standards milestone and regulaons for Hawai'i
SB715 and HB623. We opposed language in each bill that required that these standards also be imposed on Large SelfGenerators (especially with the growing use of CHP’s or Combined heat and power generators). The language
addressing Large Self-Generators was deleted from both bills.
BILLS IN ORDER OF CATEGORY
Bill
HB1387 HD1
SB1233
SB1377 SD1
HB387
SB604
Name
Descripon
RELATING TO
Establishes a surcharge on the sale of
CONSERVATION acvies by acvity desks. Requires
AND RESOURCES proceeds to be deposited into the
Conservaon and Resource Enforcement
Special Fund. Creates Acvity Desk
Surcharge Subaccount. (HB1387 HD1)
MAKING AN
Appropriates monies for a federal
APPROPRIATION inspecon staon at Kona internaonal
FOR A FEDERAL airport.
INSPECTION
STATION AT
KONA
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
RELATING TO
THE WAIKIKIDIAMOND HEAD
SHORELINE
FISHERIES
MANAGEMENT
AREA
Prohibits spearfishing at all hours of the
day within the Waikiki-Diamond Head
shoreline fisheries management area.
Effecve 7/1/2050. (SD1)
RELATING TO
COFFEE
LABELING
Requires coffee blend label to disclose
regional origins and per cent by weight of
the blended coffees. Prohibits using
geographic origins of coffee in labeling or
adversing, when roasted or instant
coffee contains less than 51 per cent
coffee by weight from that geographic
origin.
RELATING TO
AGRICULTURE
HLTA Posion
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
Passed Second
Reading as
amended in HD 1
and referred to
the commi:ee(s)
on WAL
DEAD
Report adopted;
Passed Second
Reading and
referred to WAM
SUPPORT
DEAD
SUPPORT
Establishes the Hawaii Grown Origin
Products Commission to idenfy and
regulate the labeling of selected products
grown or produced in Hawaii. Establishes
the Hawaii Grown Origin Products Special
Fund. Makes appropriaons.
Status
The commi:ee(s)
on OMH/WAL
recommend(s) that
the measure be
deferred.
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
The commi:ee on
CPN deferred the
measure.
Bill
Name
SB594 SD1
RELATING TO
COFFEE
HB1327 HD1
SB1306 SD1
HB1075 HD2
SD2 CD1
RELATING TO
REAL PROPERTY
RELATING TO
REAL PROPERTY.
RELATING TO
HEALTH
Descripon
Descripon : Requires a specific lisng
of the geographic origins of various
Hawaii-grown coffees and the
geographic or regional origins of the
various coffees not grown in Hawaii
that are included in a coffee blend to
be listed on the front panel of a label.
Allows all imported coffees in a blend
to be listed in the aggregate as
"imported coffee". Effecve January 1,
2016. (SD1)
Permits a taxpayer who provides
transient accommodaons on real
property leased from a related enty to
claim a general excise tax deducon
from the amount of gross proceeds or
gross income received from its
sublease of the real property .
Permits a taxpayer who provides
transient accommodaons on real
property leased from a related enty to
claim a general excise tax deducon
from the amount of gross proceeds or
gross income received from its
sublease of the real property. Takes
effect on 7/1/2050.
Authorizes the Governor, the Board of
Directors of the Hawaii Health Systems
Corporaon, and Board of the Maui
Regional System Board to enter into an
agreement with a private enty duly
authorized to conduct business in the
State to transfer any one or more of
the facilies of the Maui Regional
System to a new nonprofit
management enty to manage,
operate, and use to provide health care
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
Report adopted;
Passed Second
Reading, as
amended (SD 1)
and referred to
CPN/WAM.
DEAD
Report adopted;
Passed Second
Reading and
referred to WAM.
SUPPORT
DEAD
Report adopted;
Passed Second
Reading, as
amended (SD 1)
and referred to
WAM.
SUPPORT
ALIVE
SUPPORT
Bill was successfully
passed out of the
State Legislature
and has been
transmi:ed to the
Governor for
signature.
SENATE BILLS
Bill
HB1322
SB1014 SD1
SB129 SD2
HB496 HD1 SD2
Name
Descripon
RELATING TO A
HOMELESS
PERSON''S BILL OF
RIGHTS
Establishes a homeless person''s bill of
rights. Allows a person to obtain
injuncve or declaratory relief,
damages, and reasonable a:orney''s
fees for a violaon of these rights.
RELATING TO THE Defines specific rights granted to a
HOUSELESS BILL
person who is houseless including
OF RIGHTS
equal access to housing, jobs, and
shelters, equal treatment by
government agencies, and access to life
-sustaining acvies and essenal
services. Effecve 01/07/2059.
RELATING TO
LABOR
RELATING TO
EMPLOYMENT
Requires certain employers to provide
sick leave to service workers for
specified purposes under certain
condions. Defines service workers and
employers. Effecve January 7, 2059.
Requires the office of the lieutenant
governor to work with the department
of labor and industrial relaons to
conduct an actuarial study on the cost
of implemenng a family leave
insurance program that would allow
employees to take up to 12 weeks of
paid family leave, including a=er any
leave available pursuant to the federal
Family and Medical Leave Act is
exhausted, and the effect that the
leave may have on the exisng
temporary disability insurance program
and prepare a report to the legislature.
Appropriates funds for the study and
report. Provides that service workers
shall be authorized to earn and carry
over up to 80 hours of paid sick leave.
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
Referred to HUS,
JUD
MONITOR
DEAD
The commi:ee(s)
on HUS
recommend(s) that
the measure be
deferred.
MONITOR
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
This measure has
been deleted from
the meeng
scheduled on
Tuesday 03-24-15
9:45AM in
conference room
309. (LAB
commi:ee)
DEAD
Bill Died in
conference
commi:ee on
4/30/2015.
OP
PO
SE
Bill
SB1174 SD2
HD2
HB321 HD1 SD2
CD1
HB227
SB99
Name
Descripon
RELATING TO
WORKERS'
COMPENSATION.
Provides that an independent medical
examinaon and permanent
impairment rang examinaon shall be
conducted by a qualified physician
selected by the mutual agreement of
the pares. Provides a process for
appointment in the event that there is
no mutual agreement
RELATING TO
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA
RELATING TO
NOISE CONTROL
RELATING TO
PARKING
Establishes a new chapter for medical
marijuana dispensaries and limits on
amounts that can be purchased.
Prohibits counes from enacng zoning
regulaons that prohibit the use of
land for licensed dispensaries. Clarifies
the right of qualifying paents and
primary caregivers to transport medical
marijuana. Establishes various criminal
offenses to protect against
unauthorized access to dispensary
premises, distribuon of marijuana to
minors, diversion of marijuana, and
alteraon or falsificaon of dispensary
records…..
Enhances community noise control as
regulated by county liquor
commissions in counes with a large
populaon
Establishes fines beginning 1/1/2016
for owners of parking facilies with at
least one hundred parking spaces that
do not provide at least one parking
space equipped with a charging system
exclusively for electric vehicles .
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
OP
PO
Conference
commi:ee meeng
to reconvene on 04
-30-15 3:00PM in
conference room
229
SE
ALIVE
Bill was successfully
passed out of the
State Legislature
and has been
transmi:ed to the
Governor for
signature.
MONITOR
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
The commi:ee(s)
on EDB
recommend(s) that
the measure be
deferred.
DEAD
Re-Referred to
TRA/PSM, JDL/
WAM.
MONITOR
Bill
Name
SB715 SD2
RELATING TO
RENEWABLE
STANDARDS
HB623 HD2 SD2
CD1
HB444 HD3 SD2
CD1
HB353
RELATING TO
RENEWABLE
STANDARDS
RELATING TO
BEACH
PROTECTION
Descripon
Increases renewable porVolio
standards to seventy per cent by
12/31/2035 and one hundred per cent
by 12/31/2050, unless the acquision
of renewable energy is not beneficial to
Hawaii's economy. Clarifies and
establishes events or circumstances
that are outside of an electric ulity
company's reasonable control.
Requires the public ulies commission
to report on cost-effecveness of
renewable porVolio standards to
address the impact on renewable
energy developer energy prices.
Effecve 07/01/2050. (SD2)
Increases renewable porVolio
standards to 30 percent by December
31, 2020, 70 percent by December 31,
2040, and 100 percent by December
31, 2045. Requires the Public Ulies
Commission to include the impact of
renewable porVolio standards, if any,
on the energy prices offered by
renewable energy developers and the
cost of fossil fuel volality in its
renewable porVolio standards study
and report to the Legislature.
Authorizes the use of certain transient
accommodaons tax revenues for
beach restoraon and conservaon.
Makes appropriaons for fiscal year
2014-2015 and 2015-2016. Effecve
upon approval, except for part 1 which
is effecve 7/1/2016.
RELATING TO THE Appropriates $3,000,000 to the
DIAMOND HEAD department of land and natural
SEAWALL
resources for planning, design, and
construcon costs associated with
assessing, repairing, and maintaining
the Diamond Head seawall.
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
Referred to EEP,
CPC, FIN,
COMMENTS
ALIVE
COMMENTS
Bill was successfully
passed out of the
State Legislature
and has been
transmi:ed to the
Governor for
signature.
ALIVE
SUPPORT
Bill was successfully
passed out of the
State Legislature
and has been
transmi:ed to the
Governor for
signature.
DEAD
Referred to WAL,
FIN
SUPPORT
Bill
SB10
SB617 SD1
HB854 HD1
Name
Descripon
RELATING TO THE Appropriates $3,000,000 to the
DIAMOND HEAD department of land and natural
SEAWALL
resources for planning, design, and
construcon costs associated with
assessing, repairing, and maintaining
the Diamond Head seawall.
RELATING TO
BEACH
PROTECTION
RELATING TO
SERVICE
CHARGES.
Incorporates beach land conservaon
under the general powers of the board
of land and natural resources. Expands
the department of land and natural
resources'' beach restoraon plans to
include beach conservaon plans.
Requires beach restoraon plans to
include, where appropriate, county
parcipaon and the formaon of
private-public partnerships... Allocates
$3,000,000 of transient
accommodaons tax revenues to the
special land and development fund to
be expended in accordance with the
long-range strategic plan for tourism.
Allocates an annual amount of
$3,000,000 of transient
accommodaons tax revenues to the
beach restoraon and conservaon
special fund and requires the fund to
maintain a balance of $7,000,000 once
Requires hotels to distribute porterage
service charges to employees in full or
disclose to customers that the charges
are being used for other purposes.
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
Referred to WTL,
WAM.
SUPPORT
DEAD
Report adopted;
Passed Second
Reading, as
amended (SD 1)
and referred to
WAM.
SUPPORT
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
The commi:ee(s)
on TSI deleted the
measure from the
public hearing
scheduled on 03-18
-15 2:45PM in
conference room
225.
Bill
SB265 SD1 HD1
CD1
HB50 HD1
HB197 HD2
Name
RELATING TO SEX
TRAFFICKING
RELATING TO
SHOOTING RANGE
PROTECTION
RELATING TO THE
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
Descripon
Replaces the term "promong
prostuon in the first degree" with
the term "sex trafficking," a class A
felony. Includes the offense of sex
trafficking in the department of the
a:orney general's statewide witness
program. Includes the offense of sex
trafficking in the list of violent crimes
for which vicms may be eligible for
criminal injury compensaon
…. Amends the offense of promong
prostuon in the second degree and
the law relang to the moon to vacate
a convicon of certain prostuon
offenses. Includes the offense of sex
trafficking in the list of covered
offenses for which property is subject
to forfeiture. Adds the offense of sex
trafficking to the list of crimes for which
an order to intercept wire, oral, or
electronic communicaons is
permi:ed.....
Provides for shoong range exempons
regarding retroacve regulaon, and
civil and criminal noise and nuisance
violaons.
Amends amount of Transient
Accommodaons Tax revenues
allocated to the counes from a
specified sum to a percentage of the
revenues collected for the counes to
address visitor industry impacts on
county services and tourism-related
infrastructure.
HLTA Posion
Status
ALIVE
Bill was successfully
passed out of the
State Legislature
and has been
enrolled to the
Governor for
signature.
SUPPORT
DEAD
OP
PO
SE
Passed Second
Reading and
referred to the
commi:ee(s) on
JUD
DEAD
Referred to TSI/
PSM, WAM.
MONITOR
Bill
HB403
HB954
HB999 HD2
HB1257 HD1
HB1448 HD1
Name
Descripon
RELATING TO
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
Removes the current cap on transient
accommodaons tax revenues to be
distributed to the counes and
establishes the distribuon of these
revenues as a percentage of TAT
collected for infrastructure and services
related to increased tourism.
RELATING TO THE
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
RELATING TO
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
RELATING TO THE
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
RELATING TO THE
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
Clarifies the distribuon and allowable
uses of Transient Accommodaons Tax
funds allocated and deposited into the
Special Land and Development Fund in
accordance with the Hawaii Tourism
Authority's Strategic Plan.
Exempts from the Transient
Accommodaons Tax, accommodaons
provided solely for use as temporary
lodging by an individual, or the
individual's immediate family
members, spouse, or civil union partner
while the individual is receiving health
care services in a county in which the
individual does not reside.
Clarifies the authority of the Board of
Land and Natural Resources and Hawaii
Tourism Authority to expend Transient
Accommodaons Tax revenues
deposited into the special land and
development fund.
Repeals provision relang to Tourism
Special Fund expenditures that is set to
expire on June 30, 2015. Clarifies Board
of Land and Natural Resources and
Hawaii Tourism Authority expenditure
authority over Transient
Accommodaons Tax revenue
allocated to the Special Land and
Development Fund.
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
MONITOR
The commi:ee(s)
on TOU
recommend(s) that
the measure be
deferred.
DEAD
MONITOR
The commi:ee(s)
on WAL
recommend(s) that
the measure be
deferred.
DEAD
Referred to TSI,
WAM.
MONITOR
DEAD
SUPPORT
Passed Second
Reading as
amended in HD 1
and referred to the
commi:ee(s) on
WAL
DEAD
MONITOR
Passed Second
Reading as
amended in HD 1
and referred to the
commi:ee(s) on
WAL
Bill
HB373, HB199,
SB408, SB412
Name
RELATING TO THE
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
Descripon
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
Amends amount of transient
accommodaons tax revenues
allocated to the counes from a
specified sum to a percentage of the
revenues collected.
MONITOR
SB534
SB1123
RELATING TO
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX
Amends the rate of the transient
accommodaons tax (TAT) beginning
July 1, 2016. Changes the allocaon of
TAT revenues to each county. Requires
each county to expend moneys
received from TAT exclusively to
market and promote tourism and
tourism-related acvies and events
within the respecve county. Requires
each county to report to the legislature
annually on its expenditures of the TAT.
...
DEAD
The commi:ee on
PSM deferred the
measure.
OP
PO
SE
DEAD
RELATING TO THE
Clarifies the distribuon and allowable
TRANSIENT
uses of Transient Accommodaons Tax
ACCOMMODATIONS funds allocated and deposited into the
TAX
Special Land and Development Fund in
accordance with the Hawaii Tourism
Authority's Strategic Plan.
Referred to TSI/
WTL, WAM.
MONITOR
SB1252
RELATING TO
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS
TAX.
Exempts from the transient
accommodaons tax, accommodaons
provided solely for use as temporary
lodging by an individual, or the
individual's immediate family members
or companions when the individual is
receiving healthcare services in a
county in which the individual does not
reside .
DEAD
Referred to TSI,
WAM.
MONITOR
Bill
HB133 HD1
Name
RELATING TO
TAXATION
Descripon
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
Provides an income tax credit for costs
incurred in hotel construcon or
renovaon.
Report adopted;
Passed Second
Reading and
referred to WAM.
SUPPORT
HB572
RELATING TO
TOURISM
DEAD
Provides an income tax credit for
qualified hotel construcon and
renovaon for taxable years beginning
in the period a=er December 31, 2015,
through December 31, 2020.
SUPPORT
SB536 SD1
DEAD
RELATING TO
Provides an income tax credit for
TOURISM STIMULUS qualified hotel construcon and
INITIATIVES
renovaon for taxable years beginning
in the period a=er December 31, 2014,
through December 31, 2019.
SUPPORT
HB345 HD1
HB169 HD1 SD1
CD1
SB1280 SD2
HD2
RELATING TO
TAXATION
RELATING TO
TAXATION
RELATING TO
TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK
COMPANIES
Imposes a conveyance tax on the
conveyance of a controlling interest of
an enty that has an interest in real
property in the State. Applies to
conveyances occurring a=er June 30,
2015.
Amends the definion of fair market
rental value. Increases the transient
accommodaons tax imposed on resort
me share vacaon units by 1 per cent
each year to gradually achieve a rate of
9.25 per cent of the fair market rental
value.
Requires the public ulies commission
to regulate transportaon network
companies and transportaon network
company drivers. Requires drivers to
register as business enes with the
Department of Commerce and
Consumer Affairs. Establishes insurance
requirements and qualificaons for
persons who operate or serve as
drivers for transportaon network
companies. Appropriates funds to the
PUC.
The commi:ee(s)
on TOU
recommend(s) that
the measure be
deferred.
Report adopted;
Passed Second
Reading, as
amended (SD 1)
and referred to
WAM.
DEAD
OP
PO
Referred to CPN,
JDL/WAM
SE
ALIVE
COMMENTS
Bill was
successfully passed
out of the State
Legislature and has
been transmi:ed
to the Governor
DEAD
MONITOR
Bill
SB519 SD2 HD3
CD1
HB198, HB1452,
SB409
HB803
HB825 HD1
Name
RELATING TO
TAXATION
RELATING TO
TAXATION ,
ZONING
RELATING TO
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIO
NS
RELATING TO
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIO
NS
Descripon
Authorizes fines to be deposited into the
tax administraon special fund. Increases
the balance that may be retained in the
tax administraon special fund in each
fiscal year. Authorizes DOTAX to enforce
civil penales for operators and plan
managers who fail to display the
cerficate of registraon and registraon
ID numbers for transient
accommodaons and resort me share
vacaon plans. Authorizes DOTAX to
issue citaons for failure to provide the
registraon idenficaon number or link
to the number and the contact
informaon of the local contact in an
adversement ...
Clarifies county zoning by allowing
amorzaon or phasing out of
nonconforming single-family transient
vacaon rentals over a reasonable period
of me
Amends Act 326, Session Laws of Hawaii
2012, by (1) Replacing the term "local
contact" with "on-island agent"; (2)
Defining the term "on-island agent"; (3)
Clarifying that an associaon''s duty to
report to DOTAX is limited to the
relevant informaon an associaon
actually receives from a transient
accommodaon operator; (4) Amending
penales imposed on associaons for
failure to report; and (5) Repealing the
HLTA Posion
Status
ALIVE
Bill was successfully
passed out of the
State Legislature
and has been
enrolled to the
Governor for
signature.
SUPPORT
DEAD
MONITOR
DEAD
The commi:ee(s)
on TOU
recommend(s) that
the measure be
deferred.
MONITOR
DEAD
Descripon : Establishes licensing
requirements and enforcement
provisions for transient vacaon rentals
to be administered by the department of
commerce and consumer affairs.
Referred to TSI/
CPN, JDL/WAM.
SUPPORT
Bill
HB803, SB1031
SB1237
Name
Descripon
ATING TO
Amends Act 326, Session Laws of
TRANSIENT
Hawaii 2012, by (1) Replacing the term
ACCOMMODATIO "local contact" with "on-island agent";
NS
(2) Defining the term "on-island agent";
(3) Clarifying that an associaon''s duty
to report to DOTAX is limited to the
relevant informaon an associaon
actually receives from a transient
accommodaon operator; (4)
Amending penales imposed on
associaons for failure to report; and
(5) Repealing the sunset date.
RELATING TO
TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIO
NS
HLTA Posion
Status
DEAD
MONITOR
DEAD
Proscribes licensing requirements and
enforcement provisions for transient
vacaon rentals under the department
of commerce and consumer affairs.
Takes effect on 1/1/2016.
The commi:ee on
CPN deferred the
measure.
SUPPORT
HB724, SB740
RELATING TO
BROADBAND
ACCESS
AVAILABILITY IN
RESORT AREAS
DEAD
Establishes a task force to create a
master plan for the availability of
universal high speed broadband access
in Waikiki and other resort areas.
MONITOR