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COUNTY OF HAWAI •� �.I • STATE OF HAWAI`I +r wr BILL NO. 213 ORDINANCE NO. 24 SG AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24,ARTICLE 4, SECTION 24-17 AND SECTION 24-19, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED),RELATING TO AN EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES AND FEES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to memorialize a County exemption on motor vehicle taxes and fees consistent with Sections 249-4 and 249-31, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, relating to certain exemptions for motor vehicles owned or leased for twelve months or longer by the State or any county and for motor vehicles owned or leased for twelve months or longer by police officers who use their vehicles in the performance of their duties. SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 4, section 24-17, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 24-17. Motor vehicle tax; computation. Except as otherwise provided in sections 249-1 through 249-13 of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes, all vehicles and motor vehicles, as defined in section 249-1 of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes, located in the County at the time of registration, shall be subject to an annual tax computed according to the net weight of each vehicle in the manner provided in this section. The tax shall become due and payable on an annual basis, as billed by the department of finance. The tax shall be paid by the owner of each vehicle and collected by the director of finance. If any vehicle is transported into the County after the payment of the tax, no additional tax shall be imposed on that vehicle for the remaining period of the year for which such tax has been paid. (a) The rate for motor vehicles designed primarily for carrying passengers shall be 1 and 1/4 cent per pound of the net weight of such vehicle. This category shall include buses, ambulances, and hearses. (b) The rate for trucks or noncommercial motor vehicles having a net weight of six thousand five hundred pounds or less and certified as noncommercial shall be 1 and 1/4 cent per pound of the net weight of such vehicles. (1) The owner of a truck or noncommercial motor vehicle who desires to have the vehicle tax at the passenger rate shall file a form furnished by the director of finance certifying that the truck or noncommercial motor vehicle is not being and will not be operated for compensation or for commercial purposes. (2) Where the vehicle is currently registered as a commercial vehicle and the owner wishes to reclassify the vehicle as noncommercial, the owner shall: