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fi;`,-,9•!.... <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAI`I <br /> •...'44 OF•Mp: - - . <br /> BILL NO. 102 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 <br /> (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED)BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO <br /> TRANSPORTATION SURCHARGE. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the ordinance is to establish the <br /> Transportation Surcharge as authorized by Sections 46-16.8, 237-8.6, 238-2.6 and 248-2.6 (d) <br /> Hawai`i Revised Statues, as amended. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 2 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition) is amended <br /> by adding a new article to read as follows: <br /> Article <br /> Article_ . Transportation Surcharge. <br /> Section -1. Establishment of Surcharge. <br /> Pursuant to Act 1 of the Session Laws of Hawai`i, First Special Session of 2017, <br /> codified as Section 46-16.8 Hawai`i Revised Statutes, as amended, it is hereby <br /> established a one-half percent (0.5%) general excise and use tax surcharge to be used for <br /> purposes of funding operating or capital costs of public transportation within the County <br /> of Hawai`i. The excise and use tax surcharge shall be levied beginning January 1, 2019. <br /> Section -2 .. Use of Funds. <br /> (a)As required by section 248-2.6 citing to section 46-16.8 Hawai`i Revised Statutes, <br /> moneys received from the state derived from the imposition of the surcharge established <br /> under this article will be a general fund realization. Moneys received from the surcharge <br /> may be expended for: <br /> (1) Operating or capital costs of public transportation within the county for <br /> systems including public roadways or highways, public buses, trains, ferries,pedestrian <br /> paths or sidewalks or bicycle paths, and <br />