HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0950.004 2006-2008
Dominic Yagong Phone: (808) 961-8538
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 ti
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TO: Pete Hoffmann, Council Chair r-a
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FROM: Dominic Yagong, Chair 3
Committee on Finance (M -
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DATE: March 25, 2008
RE: Transmitting Proposed Amendments to Resolution No. 504-08, Draft 2
(Relating to a Resolution Authorizing Extension of the County of Hawaii Fuel
Tax)
Attached please find a proposed amendment to Draft 2 of Resolution No. 504-08, relating to a
resolution authorizing extension of the County of Hawaii Fuel Tax.
The proposed amendment sets the fuel tax at 8.8 cents per gallon, and reads as follows:
"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII, that it does hereby fix, determine, and extend the amount of the
County of Hawaii fuel tax to be levied and collected by the Department of Taxation of the State
of Hawaii, in accordance with law, at [an ameunt bem,eeft eight and eight tenths (9.8) eents !a
*'-a ea(113)] eight and eight-tenths (8.8) cents per gallon for diesel on-highway and gasoline on-
highway to be [determined holding ..ubli" hearing and to be in e f f ..t ....til and unless after- ethei-7wise provided by anothef reseltAien adopted as above ] in effect until and unless
otherwise provided by another resolution adopted as above provided."
Thank you.
DY/la
Att.
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Ref. Date MAC
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FUEL
TAX
WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 243-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, enable,
empower and authorize the Council of the County of Hawaii to determine the amount of the
county fuel tax; and
WHEREAS, it is provided in said section that the amount of the county fuel tax shall be
determined by resolution to be adopted by the Council in the manner provided by law, relating to
resolutions involving the expenditure of public money, and the amount so fixed may be, per
gallon, one or more cents or a fraction of a cent or both, or zero; and
WHEREAS, the said section further provides that no such resolution shall be adopted
until the Council shall conduct a public hearing on the amount of the proposed tax after a notice
of such hearing shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation within the
county at least twice during a period of thirty days immediately preceding the date of such
hearing; and
WHEREAS, the existing Hawaii County fuel tax of eight and eight-tenths (8.8) cents
has remained unchanged since 1988 to continue to June 30, 2008, and is the lowest in the state,
as the County of Kauai fuel tax is thirteen (13) cents; the City and County of Honolulu fuel tax is
sixteen and five-tenths (16.5) cents; and the County of Maui fuel tax is sixteen (16) cents per
gallon; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii County currently has the highest miles per employee ratio as it has
904 miles of roads, not counting 122 miles of roads-in-limbo, and 136 employees, compared to
Honolulu, which has 1,156 miles of road and 400 employees or the State of Hawaii, Big Island
Division, which has 335 miles of road and 109 employees; and
WHEREAS, the Council, after considering the various and numerous highway needs and
improvements to be made within the county of Hawaii, believes that the county fuel tax should
be extended until and unless otherwise provided by another resolution adopted as above
provided; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council that expenditures of revenues generated by
three and eight-tenths (3.8) cents of the fuel tax be based upon the apportionment formula
developed by the Department of Public Works and be used in accordance with highway
improvement projects as appropriated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII, that it does hereby fix, determine, and extend the amount of the County of
Hawaii fuel tax to be levied and collected by the Department of Taxation of the State of
Hawaii, in accordance with law, at eight and eight-tenths (8.8) cents per gallon for diesel on-
highway and gasoline on-highway to be in effect until and unless otherwise provided by another
resolution adopted as above provided.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall take effect on July 1, 2008.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provisions of this resolution or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances are held invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect other provisions or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this resolution are declared to
be severable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the county clerk is hereby instructed and directed
to send a copy of this resolution to the State Director of Taxation, State of Hawaii, Department
of Taxation, P.O. Box 259 Honolulu, HI 96809 and to the State Director of Finance, State of
Hawaii, Department of Budget and Finance, P.O. Box 150, Honolulu, HI 96810.
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