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COUNTY OF HAWAII -*(4‘.`:. STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 59 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19,ARTICLE 10, SECTION 19-71, OF THE <br /> HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO <br /> HOME EXEMPTIONS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 19, article 10, section 19-71, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 <br /> (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by amending subsection(d)to read as follows: <br /> "(d) A taxpayer who is sixty years of age or over and who qualifies under subsection (a) <br /> shall be entitled to one of the following home exemptions: <br /> Age of Taxpayer Exemption Amount <br /> 60 years of age or over but $85,000 <br /> not 65 years of age or over <br /> 65 years of age or over but not <br /> 70 years of age or over $90,000 <br /> 70 years of age or over but not $105,000 <br /> 75 years of age or over <br /> 75 years of age or over but not <br /> 80 years of age or over $110,000 <br /> 80 years of age or over $125,000 <br /> For the purpose of this subsection, a husband and wife who own property by <br /> life estate and remainder,jointly, by the entirety, or in common, on which a home <br /> exemption under the provisions of subsection(a) has been granted shall be entitled <br /> to the applicable home exemption set forth above when at least one of the spouses <br /> qualifies each year for the applicable home exemption." <br /> SECTION 2. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring <br /> need not be included. <br /> SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof <br /> to any person or circumstance, is held invalid,the invalidity does not affect other provisions or <br /> applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or <br /> application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable. <br />