HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 129 Draft 01 1976-1980County of Hawaii—State of Hawaii
Resolution No. 129
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 rfraction 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 county fuel tax imposed upon the
sale or use of gasoline and other liquid fuel has been and is
now set at three cents per gallon by Resolution No. 147 (1957);
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
increased by an additional two cents per gallon, thereby
making the aggregate county of Hawaii fuel tax on liquid fuel
five cents per gallon,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
County of Hawaii that it does hereby fix, determine and set 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 five cents per -gallon, effective at the
earliest possible date as provided in Section 243-5, HRS.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provisions of this
resolution or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances is 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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the county clerk be and he
is hereby instructed and directed to send a copy of this
resolution to Gordon Y. H. Wong, State Director of Taxation,
and Eileen R. Anderson, State Director of Finance.
Dated this 7th day of September, 1977,
INTRODUCED BY:
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Councilman, Coua4`y o Hawaii
ROLL CALL VOTE
COUNTY COUNCIL AYES NOES A/E
County of Hawaii Dahlberg x _
Hilo, Hawaii Domingo x
Fupl _ x
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to Garcia
the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on Kawahara
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September 7, 1977 Lal
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Yamashiro x
ATTEST: Chr.Tajiri x
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HARVEY
R.B. LEGASPI CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER
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COUNTY CLERK
129
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