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<br /> <br /> Chapter 2: HIGHWAY FUND <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chapter 2 <br /> HIGHWAY FUND <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Established under section 249-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), <br /> the Highway Fund provides for the expenditure of vehicular taxes <br /> collected in each County for the following purposes: "(1) For <br /> acquisition, designing, construction, improvement, repair, and <br /> maintenance of public roads and highways, including without <br /> restriction of the foregoing purposes, costs of new land therefore, of <br /> permanent storm drains or new bridges, as well as repairs or <br /> additions to storm drains or bridges; (2) For installation, <br /> maintenance, and repair of street lights and power, and other <br /> charges for street lighting purposes, including replacement of old <br /> street lights, on county maintained public roads and highways; (3) <br /> For purposes and functions connected with traffic control and <br /> preservation of safety upon the public highways and streets; (4) For <br /> payment of interest on and redemption of bonds issued to finance <br /> highway and street construction and improvements; (5) [applicable <br /> to city and county of Honolulu only]; (6) For purposes and functions <br /> connected with mass transit, and (7) For the acquisition, design, <br /> construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of bikeways." <br /> In addition to vehicle weight taxes and motor vehicle registration <br /> fees collected by the County under chapter 249, HRS, other <br /> sources of revenue for the Highway Fund include public utility <br /> franchise taxes under chapter 239, HRS; fuel taxes under chapter <br /> 243, HRS; and other revenues such as State reimbursement for <br /> highway traffic signal maintenance and recovery for damages. <br /> <br /> Hawaii County <br /> <br /> Highway Fund Revenues and Expenditures <br /> Highway Fund Revenue Sources <br /> <br /> As reported by DPW Deputy Director Jiro Sumada to the County Council <br /> ~i in Communication No. 950.2 dated February 6, 2008: <br /> ll~~ Revenue Sources (Average Over Past 5 Years) <br /> <br /> Fuel Tax - Operations (5.0 cents per gallon) $ 4,410,420 <br /> Fuel Tax - Local Road Improvements (3.8 cents per gallon)........ $ 3,350,578 <br /> Public Utility Franchise Tax $ 6,411,124 <br /> Vehicle and Trailer Weight Tax $ 5,035,282 <br /> Other (State DOT Signals, Recovery for Damages, etc.) $ 952,874 <br /> $ 20,160,278 <br /> <br /> 5 <br />