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WHEREAS, potential revenues received from a thirty per cent increase of the gallonage tax on liquor would supplement services provided by police, fire, emergency medical services, road cleanup, prosecution associated with crashes involving persons driving while under the influence of an intoxicant, and may also be used for training, equipment, and public service announcements; and WHEREAS, the Council of the County of Hawai`i supports a thirty percent increase of the gallonage tax on liquor as an additional source of revenue that would benefit all counties of the State of Hawai`i; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Hawai`i State Legislature is urged to amend Chapter 244D, Section 244D -4 relating to increasing the gallonage tax on liquor as set forth in the attached Exhibit A, and the Justification Sheet attached as Exhibit B. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that revenues received from this tax increase of approximately thirty percent per gallon of liquor shall be placed in a special fund, and the increased tax revenue collected pursuant to this Act shall be reimbursed to the counties, however, fines on the increased tax revenue shall be retained by the State of Hawai`i for collection expense. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the counties shall use the increased revenue from the thirty per cent increase in gallonage tax on liquor to pay for Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services, road clean -up, and prosecution associated with crashes involving driving while under the influence of an intoxicant, and increased tax revenue may also be used to cover expenses relating to training, equipment, and public service announcements associated with reducing occurrences of driving while under the influence of an intoxicant. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that tax revenues from the thirty per cent increase in gallonage tax on liquor shall be kept in a special fund by each county, and be accounted for as a separate line item in their respective budgets. 3