HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 600 08/31/1992 •" REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date: August 31, 1992 Re: Comm. ''3982
Place: Councilroom
Time: 9 : 00 a .m.
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Communication
No . 3982, reports as follows :
The purpose of Communication No . 3982, from Liquor Commission
Director Janice Bibb, is to request the approval of the amendments
to the Rules and Regulations of the Liquor Commission of the County
of Hawaii regarding the change in the liquor license fee structure.
Section 281-17 . 5, Hawaii Revised Statutes , as amended, states as
follows :
(a) that any liquor license fee shall only be used for
actual cost and expense of the Department of Liquor
Control in its control, supervision, or regulation of
the manufacture, importation and sale of liquor;
(b) that any change in the liquor license fee
structure adopted by the Liquor Commission requires
the approval of the county' s legislative body and
mayor;
(c) that the Liquor Commission shall notify all
licensees affected by the liquor license fee structure
change and shall notify each licensee of the outcome
and resolution of the change; and
(d) that any Liquor Commission which receives a
license fee in excess of the amount prescribed by this
section shall revise its liquor license fee structure
to conform with the requirement of this section. Any
excess funds collected after July 2, 1988 shall be
returned or credited annually to existing licensees .
FC REPORT No, 600
ADOPTED: `" 1 M2
Your Committee understands that the Liquor Commission adopted a new
formula in calculating fees for each licensee. The formula now
assesses a fee on all licensees in direct proportion to their
revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages . Each licensee
continues to pay the basic fee in addition to this percentage fee.
Prior to this amendment, licensees were assessed a percentage fee on
their revenue in excess of their basic fees multiplied by 100 . The
new formula adopted by the Commission contains a cap of 1%. The
preliminary percentage for the fiscal year is . 009288 and will be
assessed on all licensees in classes 2, 4 , 5 , 6, 9 , 11, and 12 . The
amendment to the Rules and Regulations will bring the method of
calculation into compliance with the assessing of the liquor license
fees .
Your Committee on Finance did not agree that the amendments to the
Rules and Regulations of the Liquor Commission of the County of
Hawaii be approved by communication. The Finance Committee has
filed Communication No . 3982 and requested an appropriate resolution
be developed and submitted to the Council for consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINAN
i AYES NOES
ALONZO ; X
i, -" / ARAKAKI X
d •r"' Y. A" AKI , CHAIRMAN DE LIMA X
DOMINGO X
A/DI LAI X
MAKUAKANE X
RUDDLE X
FC REPORT NO. 600
ADOPTED: