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COUNTY OF IIAWAI`I STATE OF IIAWAI`I •P cq :wos:''s" ,P�•OFNi'� ILL NO. 57 ORDINANCE . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19,ARTICLES 1 AND 7, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO NONDEDICATED AGRICULTURAL USE ASSESSMENTS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The Real Property Tax Review Working Group and Agricultural Committee report dated September 20, 2019, and the 2021 Annual Report from the Real Property Tax Board of Review both recommended revision of the nondedicated agricultural use program provided for in chapter 19, section 19-57, of the Hawaii County Code. The purpose of this amendment is to act on the recommendations of these reports by sunsetting the nondedicated agricultural use assessment. SECTION 2. Chapter 19, article 1, section 19-2, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending the definition of"nondedicated agricultural use assessment"to read as follows: ""Nondedicated agricultural use assessment"means the present use of agricultural or residential and agricultural zoned land on a continuous and regular basis that demonstrates the owner is engaged in agricultural activities from: (1) Intensive agriculture; (2) Orchards; (3) Feed crops and fast rotation forestry; and/or (4) Pasture and slow rotation forestry. This definition shall be repealed on January 1, 2028." SECTION 3. Chapter 19, article 7, section 19-57, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection(c)to read as follows: "(c) Application; filings; assessment effective; renewal. (1) The director shall prescribe the form of the nondedicated agricultural use application. (2) The application shall be filed with the director by December 31 of any calendar year[.] with no new applications accepted after September 1, 2024.