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ADMINISTRATION § 2-235 <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 />(1) Operating or capital costs of public transportation within the County for public <br />systems, including public roadways or highways, public buses, trains, ferries, <br />pedestrian paths or sidewalks or bicycle paths; <br />(2) Expenses in complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with <br />respect to paragraph (1); or <br />(3) As otherwise authorized by State statute. <br />(b) "Capital costs" in this section means nonrecurring costs required to construct a <br />transit facility or system, including debt service, costs of land acquisition and <br />development, acquiring rights-of-way, planning, design and construction, and <br />including equipping and furnishing the facility or system. <br />(c) Any balance remaining in the general excise tax fund at the end of any fiscal year <br />shall not lapse, but shall remain in the fund accumulating from year to year. The <br />moneys in this fund shall not be used for any purpose except those listed in this <br />section, or as allowed by any amendments to sections 46-16.8 and 248-2.6, Hawai`i <br />Revised Statutes. <br />(2018, ord 18-74, sec 2; am 2019, ord 19-29, sec 2.) <br />Section 2-236. Termination of surcharge. <br />This general excise and use tax surcharge shall not extend beyond December 31, <br />2030, pursuant to Act 11, Session Laws of Hawai`i, codified as section 46-16.8, Hawai`i <br />Revised Statutes, as amended. <br />(2018, ord 18-74, sec 2; am 2019, ord 19-29, sec 2.) <br />2-101 SUPP. 6 (7-2019) <br />