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.................. <br /> -f4‘. - .:14.-==< - STATE OF HAWAII <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII . . I <br /> OF•NF,.1� . <br /> BILL NO. 19 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 45 OF THE HAWAII <br /> COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE <br /> GENERAL EXCISE AND USE TAX SURCHARGE. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to increase the County <br /> General Excise and Use Tax Surcharge rate from one-quarter percent (0.25%), that was levied on <br /> January 1, 2019, to one half percent (0.5%) to be levied on January 1, 2020, as authorized by <br /> Sections 46-16.8, 237-8.6, 238-2.6 and 248-2.6 (d) Hawai`i Revised Statutes, as amended, and to <br /> amend the sunset date of December 31, 2020, to December 31, 2030. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 2, article 45 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as <br /> amended) is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Article 45. [Transportation] General Excise and Use Tax Surcharge. <br /> Section 2-233. Establishment of surcharge. <br /> (a) Pursuant to Act 11, Session Laws of Hawai`i 2018, codified as section 46-16.8, <br /> Hawai`i Revised Statutes, as amended, it is hereby established a 0.25 per cent <br /> general excise and use tax surcharge [to be used for purposes of funding the <br /> operating or capital costs of public transportation within the County of Hawai`i]. <br /> The general excise and use tax surcharge shall be levied beginning January 1, 2019. <br /> (b) After December 31, 2019, pursuant to Act 11, Session Laws of Hawai`i 2018, <br /> codified as section 46-16.8, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, as amended, it is hereby <br /> established a 0.50 per cent general excise and use tax surcharge. The general excise <br /> and use tax surcharge shall be levied beginning January 1, 2020. <br /> Section 2-234. General excise tax fund. <br /> Pursuant to article X, section 10-12, Hawai'i County Charter 2016, the director of <br /> finance is authorized to create a special fund to be known as the "general excise tax <br /> fund." All moneys received from the State derived from the imposition of the surcharge <br /> established under this article shall be deposited into the general excise tax fund. <br /> Section 2-235. Use of funds. <br /> (a) Pursuant to sections 46-16.8 and 248-2.6, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, moneys <br /> 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 <br /> surcharge shall be expended for: <br />