REPORT TITLE: 
Insurance Commissioner


DESCRIPTION:
Requires refunds of taxes, fees, and other charges in error or in
excess to be paid out of general funds rather than insurance
regulation funds.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2731
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO INSURANCE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 431:7-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
 
 3      "(a)  In the event any person has paid to the commissioner
 
 4 any tax, fee, or other charge in error or in excess of that which
 
 5 the person is lawfully obligated to pay under this code, the
 
 6 commissioner, upon written request made by the person to the
 
 7 commissioner within the time set forth in section 431:7-204.6,
 
 8 shall authorize a refund thereof out of the [insurance regulation
 
 9 funds] general funds of this State by submitting a voucher
 
10 therefor to the comptroller of this State subject to the
 
11 following limitations:
 
12      (1)  No recourse may be had except under section 40-35 or by
 
13           appeal for refunds of taxes paid pursuant to an
 
14           assessment by the commissioner; provided that if the
 
15           assessment by the commissioner shall contain clerical
 
16           errors, transposition of figures, typographical errors,
 
17           and errors in calculation or if there shall be an
 
18           illegal or erroneous assessment because the assessment
 
19           is not in accordance with this code, the refund
 
20           procedures in subsection (a) shall apply; and
 

 
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 1      (2)  No refund or overpayment credit shall be made unless
 
 2           the original payment of the tax was due to the law
 
 3           having been interpreted or applied in respect to the
 
 4           taxpayer concerned differently than in respect of
 
 5           taxpayers generally.
 
 6      As to all tax payments for which a refund or credit is not
 
 7 authorized by this subsection (including, without prejudice to
 
 8 the generality of the foregoing, cases of unconstitutionality),
 
 9 the remedies provided by appeal or under section 40-35 are
 
10 exclusive."
 
11      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________