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I 1 A WA I <br />1.31.4%.4 <br />January 30, 2018 <br />To: Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair <br />Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair <br />COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS <br />Friday, February 2, 2018, 3:00pm <br />Conference room 414 <br />bject: SB2137 RELATING TO COUNTY TAXING AUTHORITY. <br />The Hawaii Council of Mayors extends our appreciation to Committee Chair Nishihara, Committee Vice Chair Wakai, <br />as well as to each member of this honorable committee for this opportunity to present our testimony in strong support of SB2137. As <br />Mayors, we are united on this issue that impacts our counties collectively. <br />In an effo to generate alternative sources of revenue to address each county's budgetary challenges, the counties urge <br />the Hawaii Legislature to support this bill. Providing the counties with such taxing mechanism would allow the counties to be less <br />dependent on revenue sources such as fuel tax revenue which is predicted to decline with the increase in electric, hybrid, and other <br />fuel efficient vehicles. <br />This was one ofthe three priority measures that was discussed with the joint House and Senate finance cornmttees at the <br />beginning of this session. <br />Aloha and Mahal°, <br />Alan Arakawa, Mayor <br />County of Maui <br />Harty Kim, Mayor <br />County of Hawai‘ <br />Nltri or Hart, kim <br />Cot tin y of 11 11 <br />Auputti Street <br />ilaw,mtt 96-20 <br />Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr,Mayor <br />County of Kaua`i <br />Kirk Caldwell, Mayor <br />City and County of Honolu u <br />1 11(1:akhv ell <br />t7; U1'.1 <br />:1,30 P„rr, <br />Ho 3 <br />"Mayor Bernard l" arralbc, Jr. <br />("many of K Altai <br />444Rwi.. srreo <br />1 111 1 11111a1.; 96-6,6 <br />Nlayor Alan Aralinava <br />County of NI:mil <br />20,0 Sottin largli Street. 9th Flom <br />Watiuku, HaWaii 96:793 <br />