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WHEREAS, the Council, after considering the various and numerous road, mass transit, and highway needs and improvements to be made within the County of Hawai`i, finds that the County fuel tax should be: a) increased by an additional six and two tenths (6.2) cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018, thereby making the aggregate county of Hawai`i fuel tax on liquid fuel fifteen(15) cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018, b) increased by an additional four cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019,thereby making the aggregate county of Hawai`i fuel tax on liquid fuel nineteen (19) cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2018- 2019, and c) increased by an additional four cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020, thereby making the aggregate county of Hawai`i fuel tax on liquid fuel twenty three (23) cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020, all to support the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of County roads, mass transit, and highway infrastructure; and WHEREAS, all fuel tax increases proposed in this resolution are conditional to the timely submission of a comprehensive plan by the Department of Public Works in collaboration with the Office of the Mayor providing the following minimum information: • Amount to be generated by increases; • Information on how money will be distributed to all districts; • Transportation projects to be funded in each district; and • Timelines for projects utilizing fuel tax revenues; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII,that it does hereby fix, determine, set, and extend the amount of the County of Hawai`i fuel tax to be levied and collected by the Department of Taxation of the State of Hawai`i, in accordance with law, at fifteen(15) cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018, b)nineteen(19) cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019, and c) twenty three (23) cents per gallon for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 for diesel on-highway and.gasoline on-highway to be in effect unless and until otherwise provided by another resolution adopted as above provided. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall take effect on the first day of the second month following the date of adoption of this resolution, in accordance with Section 243-5,Hawai`i Revised Statutes; provided that the Council has received the comprehensive plan submitted by the Department of Public Works and the Office of the Mayor, as required by this resolution. 2