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Finance committee clears path to use GET surcharge for county housing infrastructure
Summary
Committee votes to forward Bill 27 to full council with a favorable recommendation to allow Hawaii County to appropriate general‑excise tax surcharge revenue for housing infrastructure costs under the 2024 Act 30 authorization.
The Hawaii County Council Committee on Finance voted on Feb. 18, 2025, to forward Bill 27 to full council with a favorable recommendation. The bill updates county code to allow revenues from the half‑percent general excise and use tax (GET) surcharge to be expended on "county‑appropriated housing infrastructure costs," aligning local code with the state’s 2024 Act 30.
Councilmember Kerkowitz, who co‑authored the bill with Councilmember Inaba, said the legislation is a first step to let county agencies and the administration evaluate how the county might use GET surcharge revenue to support housing infrastructure such as sidewalks, water and sewer connections, drainage and waste treatment systems. "This would create another way for our county to work with…
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