KAHULUI, Hawai‘i Officials on Maui are moving quickly to implement a new tax on tourists after state lawmakers overrode a veto by Gov. David Ige this week.
State lawmakers overrode Ige’s veto of a bill that overhauls how the state funds the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and allocates tourism tax revenue to the counties.
The new law allows the state s four main counties to collect a 3% tax from visitors staying at hotels and other short-term rentals.
Before the new law, the state collected a 10% hotel tax and distributed a share to each county. Now, the counties can levy their own surcharge to the tax and keep the money for county needs.
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