THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 29, 2021

TIME:

9:40AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211 & Videoconference

TIMESLOT:

WAM

 

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A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on Wednesday, March 24, 2021:

 

HB 321, HD1

      (HSCR957)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Repeals the allocation of excess transient accommodations tax revenues to the Turtle Bay conservation easement special fund, for development and implementation of initiatives to take advantage of expanded visa programs and increased travel opportunities for international visitors to Hawaii, for the operation of a Hawaiian center and the museum of Hawaiian music and dance, to the tourism special fund for a safety and security budget, to the counties, and to the special land and development fund.  Makes the allocations to the convention center enterprise special fund and tourism special fund unspecified amounts.

 

WAM

HB 53

      (HSCR769)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE BONDS.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds.  Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded.

 

WAM

HB 133, HD1

      (HSCR719)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS.

Increases the capital gains tax threshold from 7.25 per cent to nine per cent.  Applies for tax years beginning after 12/31/2020.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1041, HD1

      (HSCR645)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2020.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1115

      (HSCR770)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE STATE FUNDS.

Provides for the deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund of moneys received by the State through a civil action in which the State is a party and no other law or court order specifically provides for the deposit elsewhere of moneys received through the action.

 

WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair