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„(V O/ y, <br /> <br /> ' DOtiALD [KEDA :\i CO\ST:1\CE hIR1C <br /> r Caunto Cr~k _ <br /> • <br /> Vt/ O/~M/~/ ~ <br /> OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK <br /> County of Hnwnii <br /> Hawaii County Building <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 - I RECEIVED ~ <br /> Thrb ~ B~'1---- <br /> Jul 29, 1997 n„~ <br /> County Council r.' <br /> To: Councilmember John Santangelo <br /> From: Liana Cox <br /> Legislative Assistant 'C~l <br /> Re: Fuel Tax Expenditure Plan <br /> Per your request, I am providing the following information: <br /> 1. Background information on the history and intent of the fuel taz maintenance fund. <br /> The first fuel tax imposed upon Hawaii counties for the sale of gasoline and other liquid fuel was <br /> established in 1955 by Section 243-5 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Each County was <br /> prescribed a fuel tax, ranging from 1 to 3 cents per gallon, until otherwise amended by resolution <br /> adopted by the individual counties. The original County of Hawaii fuel tax was set at 1 cent per <br /> gallon. <br /> Section 243-5, HRS, further states, the amount of each County's fuel tax shall be determined by <br /> resolution and adopted by the Council in the manner provided by law relating to expenditures of <br /> public money. The amount fixed may be, per gallon, one or more cents or a fraction of a cent or <br /> both, or it may be zero. No such resolution shall be adopted until the Council shall conduct a <br /> public heazing on the amount of the proposed tax. <br /> In 1977 the Council increased the fuel tax to 5 cents per gallon. Most recently, the Council <br /> adopted Resolution No. 397-88 (attached) on March 15, 1988, which increased the tax by 3.8 <br /> cents per gallon. <br /> Resolution No. 397-88 was instrumental in creating the fuel tax increase expenditure plan, which <br /> provided for the expenditure of an anticipated $1.5 million in annual revenues. These revenues <br /> were to be utilized for road improvement projects over aten-yeaz period, delineated in five <br /> increments. This measure also established a district apportionment formula, to be updated <br /> biannually, based upon a percentage derived from each district's percentage of vehicle weight tax <br /> and road miles. <br /> Como< ]uw- ' O <br /> Y11eIfa.__ ND~tIP <br /> ~ prQSented F c_ <br /> Raf. riwdw tu1G $ 1907 <br /> <br />