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New ‘Green Fee’ Tax in Hawaiʻi Raises Questions About how it Will be Spent, and Even if Parts of it are Constitutional
September 10, 2025

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Jeff Mikulina
Janice Ikeda

From Big Island Now:

Hawaiʻi Island United Way will host its first-ever Givers Gala where they will honor several A new first-of-its-kind climate-impact fee for Hawai‘i visitors is set to begin in January, with the expectation of generating about $100 million annually, but there are some concerns about how it will be spent and even if parts of it are constitutional.

Act 96 states that the “Green Fee” will be used to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change by providing a stable source of funding for environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation and sustainable tourism.

But the state, and a newly formed advisory board, must first come up with a process about how to distribute the funds.

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