HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-20 Bill 121 Mark Gordon From: Mark Gordon
To: LPCtestimonv
Subject: Please Support Hawai'i County's Bill 121 re TARS
Date: Saturday,April 20,2024 9:13:23 PM
HI
Please Support the passage of Bill 121 on Transient Accommodation Rentals(TATs)on Hawaii Island.
The following are my comments:
• The proposed Regulation would help to limit TARS especially in residential areas
• Passage of the Bill would help ensure that TAT,GET,property and other taxes are paid at the required
times
• If hotels,resorts and similar are required to pay much higher taxes so should TARS pay their share of these
taxes.Request for renewals should be denied if taxes are not paid or are delinquent
• I agree TARS should NOT receive the real property tax homeowner exemption, since their property is being
used for paid accommodations
• Agree that owner hosted TARS should pay less for the initial and annual registration fees,since the owner
can better manager compliance with County and other regulations than operator hosted and especially more
than unhosted
• There WOULD NOT,in my opinion,be any financial difficulty paying the County registration fees,as well
as taxes since the revenue generated from these TARS would be more than sufficient to cover required taxes
and fees
• The proposed penalties for non compliance are very reasonable.As a safety professional,OSHA and EPA
penalties are much higher and may even be assessed on a Daily basis for continued non compliance.
• County should consider Daily financial penalties for continued non compliance
Thank you for allowing me to share my comments/testimony.
Appreciate your Support and Passage of Bill 121.
Mark S.Gordon
Waikoloa HI.