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REVISED: <br />1 ST DRAFT DATE: <br />A BILL FOR AN ACT <br />RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. <br />BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: <br />1 SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds the need to extend <br />2 the county surcharge on state general excise and use taxes, <br />3 which was enacted by Act 247, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005 <br />4 (Surcharge). <br />5 <br />6 SECTION 2. Section 46-16.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is <br />7 amended to read as follows: <br />8 "§46-16.8 County surcharge on state tax.(a) Each county <br />9 may establish a surcharge on state tax at the rates enumerated <br />10 in sections 237-8.6 and 238-2.6. A county electing to establish <br />11 this surcharge shall do so by ordinance; provided that: <br />12 (1) No ordinance shall be adopted until the county <br />13 has conducted a public hearing on the proposed ordinance; <br />14 (2) The ordinance shall be adopted before December <br />15 31, 2005; and <br />16 (3) No county surcharge on state tax that may be <br />17 authorized under this subsection shall be levied before January <br />XXX- 0 0 <br />