HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0236.003 2024-2026Heather L. Kimball
Council District I -
Hamdkua, North Hilo,
portions of Waimea
Phone: (808) 961-8828
Fax: (808) 961-8912
Email: Heather. Kimball 2hawaiicount).gov
HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL
25 Aupuni Street, Ste. 1402.
Hilo, Hawai `i 96720 =- -
DATE: May 6, 2025
TO: Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair
Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Heather L. Kimball, Council Member
District 1
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 47; AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 6 OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016
EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO TRANSIENT
ACCOMMODATIONS.
Transmitted herewith are proposed amendments to Bill No. 47. The proposed amendments are
shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 47; material to be
deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be inserted is underscored. Due to the limited
scope of these proposed amendments, a copy of the new draft of this bill that would result if the
amendments were adopted is not attached.
SECTION 1 of Bill No. 47, which amends chapter 6 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016
Edition, as amended) by adding an article, is amended by amending section 6-51(a)(1) to
read as follows:
"(1) The person or business first registers with the director of finance, which
registration must be made in a format and by a date prescribed by the director
of finance and include:
(A) A registration fee of $1,000;
(B) A signed acknowledgement of the registrant's responsibilities and
obligations under this division; and
(C) Other information, documentation, or content as the director of finance
may require;"
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2. SECTION 1 of Bill No. 47 is further amended by amending section 6-52(a) to read as
follows:
"(a) For every TVR in the County for which a hosting platform provides booking
services during each month, the hosting platform shall report to the director of
finance, in a format prescribed by the director of finance, the following information:
(1) The tax map key number of the TVR;
(2) The registration identification number issued under the Hawaii Revised
Statutes, chapter 237D, associated with the TVR;
(3) The registration number issued under division 1 associated with the TVR; and
(4) [ .] The unique website
address or link of the TVR."
3. SECTION 1 of Bill No. 47 is further amended by amending section 6-53 to read as follows:
"Section 6-53. Violation; penalties.
aa) Upon determination that a hosting platform is in violation of this division, the
planning director shall cancel the registration and issue a notice of violation and
order ordering the hosting platform:
(1) To cease and desist from providing booking services to any TVR in the
County no later than ninety days from the date of the notice, or a later date as
the planning director may determine; and
(2) To pay:
(A) A civil fine for each day in which the violation persists in the amount
specified in the order, provided the amount is not less than $1,000 and
not more than $10,000; or
(B) In the case of a violation of section 6-52(c), a civil fine of $250.
(b) Upon determination that a hosting platform is providingbking services for a
TVR for which the registration is expired, cancelled, or otherwise invalid, the
planning director shall issue to the hosting platform a notice of removal and order:
(1) Identifying ing the TVR to be removed and the basis for removal;
(2) Ordering the hosting platform to cease and desist from providing booking
services for the TVR no later than ten days from the date of the notice; and
(3) Advising the hosting platform that failure to comply with the order constitutes
a violation under subsection (a)."
Mahalo nui.
W