Hawaii § 237-31 - Remittances.
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§ 237-31. Remittances.
All remittances of taxes imposed by this chapter shall be made by money, bank draft, check, cashier's check, money order, or certificate of deposit to the office of the department of taxation to which the return was transmitted. The department shall issue its receipts therefor to the taxpayer and shall pay the moneys into the state treasury as a state realization, to be kept and accounted for as provided by law; provided that: (1) A sum, not to exceed $5,000,000, from all general excise tax revenues realized by the State shall be deposited in the state treasury in each fiscal year to the credit of the compound interest bond reserve fund; (2) A sum from all general excise tax revenues realized by the State that is equal to one-half of the total amount of funds appropriated or transferred out of the hurricane reserve trust fund under sections 4 and 5 of Act 62, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, shall be deposited into the hurricane reserve trust fund in fiscal year 2013-2014 and in fiscal year 2014-2015; provided that the deposit required in each fiscal year shall be made by October 1 of that fiscal year; and (3) Commencing with fiscal year 2018-2019, a sum from all general excise tax revenues realized by the State that represents the difference between the state public employer's annual required contribution for the separate trust fund established under section 87A-42 and the amount of the state public employer's contributions into that trust fund shall be deposited to the credit of the State's annual required contribution into that trust fund in each fiscal year, as provided in section 87A-42. [L 1935, c 141, §12; RL 1945, §5462; RL 1955, §117-26; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §16; HRS §237-31; am L 1981, c 159, §1; am L 1984, c 163, §1; am L 1985, c 239, §1; am L 1989, c 368, §3; am L 1990, c 163, §3; am L 1992, c 209, §§1, 6 as superseded by am L 1993, c 364, §25; am L 1999, c 110, §1 and c 155, §4; am L 2004, c 115, §2; am L 2006, c 304, §§2, 4; am L 2009, c 11, §3; am L 2011, c 62, §8; am L 2013, c 157, §2 and c 268, §9; am L 2021, c 229, §§4, 9] Cross References Deposits to highway fund, see §248-8. State educational facilities improvement special fund, see §36-32. Previous Vol04_Ch0201-0257 Next
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Section 237-31 ("Remittances.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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