HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-01-30 HCOM Letter to Clarence K. Nishihara and Glenn Wakai re SB 2137 Relating to County Taxing AuthorityI 1 A WA I
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January 30, 2018
To: Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair
Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Friday, February 2, 2018, 3:00pm
Conference room 414
bject: SB2137 RELATING TO COUNTY TAXING AUTHORITY.
The Hawaii Council of Mayors extends our appreciation to Committee Chair Nishihara, Committee Vice Chair Wakai,
as well as to each member of this honorable committee for this opportunity to present our testimony in strong support of SB2137. As
Mayors, we are united on this issue that impacts our counties collectively.
In an effo to generate alternative sources of revenue to address each county's budgetary challenges, the counties urge
the Hawaii Legislature to support this bill. Providing the counties with such taxing mechanism would allow the counties to be less
dependent on revenue sources such as fuel tax revenue which is predicted to decline with the increase in electric, hybrid, and other
fuel efficient vehicles.
This was one ofthe three priority measures that was discussed with the joint House and Senate finance cornmttees at the
beginning of this session.
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