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Amendment No. 3
DATE: June 27, 2024 `
TO: Members of the Hawai`i County Council .
FROM: * Heather L. Kimball, Council Chair
Council District 1
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 121; An Ordinance Amending Chapter
25, Articles 1, 4, and 5, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition,
as Amended), Relating to Transient Accommodation Rentals and Hosting
Platforms.
Transmitted herewith is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 121. The proposed amendment is
shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 121; material to be
deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be inserted is underscored.
SECTION 5 of Bill No. 121, which amends chapter 25, article 4, of the Hawai`i County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) by adding a division, is amended by amending the following
new sections of said division as hereinbelow provided:
1. Section 25-4-17.1 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 25-4-17.1. Registration.
(a) Hosting platforms shall not provide booking services to owners or operators of
transient accommodation rentals without first registering with the department. To
register, a hosting platform shall complete and provide a hosting platform
registration to the director in a form prescribed by the director,pay a registration fee
of$100, and agree in writing to:
(1) Obtain written consent from all owners or operators of transient
accommodation rentals for the disclosure of the information required by the
director; and
(2) Furnish such information to the County in accordance with section 25-4-17.2.
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(b) A hosting platform may cancel its registration by delivering written notice of
cancellation to the director.
(c) The director may cancel a hosting platform's registration for cause, including any
violation of this [Code.] division.
(d) Nothing in this section relieves the owner or operator of a transient accommodation
rental from the registration requirements set forth in this chapter."
2. Section 25-4-17.2 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 25-4-17.2. Reporting.
(a) All hosting platforms registered pursuant to section 25-4-17.1 shall submit a
monthly report to the director on the date and in the format prescribed by the
director, for any transient accommodation rental located within the County for
which the hosting platform provided booking services in the preceding month. The
report shall include:
[(1) The name(s) of the persons responsible for each listing;]
[(2)] (1) The [physical address and] tax map key number of each listing; and
[(3)] (2) The transient accommodations tax identification number of the owner or
operator of the transient accommodation rental[;]_
[('1) The length of stay for each listing; and
(5) The fee charged for each stay.]
(b) The director may disclose such information to the appropriate State or County
officials to ensure compliance with this Code, State tax laws, and County tax
ordinances, and any applicable land use laws and ordinances."
3. Section 25-4-17.4, entitled"Notice of violation and order; cancellation of registration;
appeal", is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) A notice of a violation and order shall be transmitted in writing to the
hosting platform within ten days of[occurrence of the violation.]
determination by the director that a violation has been committed."
Due to the limited scope of this proposed amendment, a copy of the new draft of this bill
that would result if the proposed amendment were adopted is not attached.
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