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HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (HSAC) (2018 HSAC LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE) (PEA-3(1))
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. County Communication 17-8, from Council Chair Mike White, relating to matters pertaining to the Hawaii State Association of Counties.
2. Correspondence dated October 10, 2017, from Council Chair Mike White, transmitting a proposed resolution entitled "APPROVING PROPOSALS FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2018 HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE." The purpose of the proposed resolution is to approve for inclusion in the 2018 HSAC Legislative Package the following proposed State bills, attached as exhibits to the proposed resolution, entitled:
a. "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ZONING." The purpose of the proposed State bill is to clarify County zoning authority by distinguishing single-family residential use from single-family vacation rental use and to allow amortization by ordinance for single-family transient vacation rentals over a reasonable period.
b. "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION." The purpose of the proposed State bill is to provide a taxpayer who hires an individual with a disability a nonrefundable tax credit for the six-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
c. "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION." The purpose of the proposed State bill is to provide a taxpayer who hires an elderly individual a nonrefundable tax credit for the six-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
d. "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX." The purpose of the proposed State bill is to eliminate the cap for distribution of transient accommodations tax revenues to the counties.
e. "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS." The purpose of the proposed State bill is to establish a tax credit of 25 percent of the total cost, including installation, of an automatic fire suppression system in any n...
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