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BILL NO. TITLE STATUS COMMENTS (Introducer) HB0563 TAT Passed ls[ Distributes revenues collected under the TAT by: 1. Setting (Say) Reading in $70 million as the total amount distributed to the counties; 2. House, Retaining the percentage share of the aggregate amount referred to distributable to each neighbor island county as follows: FIN. Kauai, 14.5%; Hawaii, 18.6%, Maui, 22.8%, and Honolulu, 44.1%; 3. Distributing to the state the excess remaining after the distributions to the counties. Reduces distributions to a county by an amount equal to any increase in that county's revenues attributable to an increase in that county's real property [ax rate on hotel property that is not accompanied by a similar or greater increase in the tax rate on other real property. H813 ] 5 Financing Passed 1st Increases the amount of TAT deposited into the convention (Suzuki) of the Reading in center capital and operations special fund from 1/6 of the (by request) Convention House, total TAT to an amount determined by the state director of Center referred to finance for the payment of debt service on bonds for TSM, FIN. purposes of the convention center. Authorizes the counties to receive a percentage of GET to compensate for funds that were not distributed as a result of the allocation of greater than 1/6 of TAT to convention center capital and operations special fund. SB1472,SD2, Govern- Passed 3 Deletes all existing language of the bill which dealt with HD2 ment Readings in the distribution of TAT. (Mizuguchi) Senate. (by request) Passed 3 Inserts provisions on privatization of government services. Readings in Establishes the types of programs or projects, and [he House. procedure by which the programs or projects, may be Referred to privatized by the state or county government, including conference services provided by grants, subsidies, and purchases of committee. services pursuant to Chapter 42D, HRS, and incidental to purchases of goods, teal property, and construction of facilities awazded under Chapters 103 and 103D, HRS, which have been customazily allowed in the pas[ and currently existing. Provides that services previously contracted under law, charter or ordinance, previously by custom and practice, or temporary and incidental to the purchase of goods and construction of facilities under Chapter 42D and Chapters 103 and 103D, HRS, may be certified if the contract was executed in good faith and would have been qualified and authorized under this Act. SB1677,SD1 Exempting Passed 2nd Exempts counties from general excise taxes. Technical and (Mizuguchi) Counties Reading in non-substantive amendments were made in the SDI. (by request) from the Senate, GET referred to WAM. 4