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WHEREAS, DHHL and the County of Hawaii in 1999 did enter into negotiations for a <br /> Memorandum of Agreement to compromise the penalties and interest portions of real property <br /> taxes owed by Hawaiian Homestead lessees in exchange for DHHL paying the taxes owed by the <br /> lessees, but the parties could not resolve mismatching records of amount owed; and <br /> WHEREAS, the DHHL has recently proffered full payment of real property taxes owed <br /> by all individual lessees of Hawaiian Home Lands Homestead whose delinquency is in excess of <br /> $500 as of December 31, 2001 in exchange for the penalty and interest portions of those <br /> delinquencies being compromised; and <br /> WHEREAS, Section 19-3, Hawaii County Code, gives the Director of Finance the <br /> authority to compromise any claim exceeding $500 with the approval of Council with the <br /> provisions that there shall be placed on file and in the Department of Finance office a statement <br /> of (A) the amount of tax assessed, or proposed to be assessed, (B) the amount of penalties and <br /> interest imposed, or proposed to be assessed, (C) the amount of penalties and interest imposed or <br /> which could have been imposed by law with respect to item (A), as computed by the director, <br /> (D) the total amount of liability as determined by the terms of the compromise, and the actual <br /> <br /> payments thereon with the dates thereof, and (E) the reasons for the compromise; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Director of Finance, having complied with the provisions of Section <br /> 19-3, seeks authorization and approval of the Council to compromise the amount in penalties and <br /> interest owed by individual lessees of Hawaiian Home Lands Homestead. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII, that in accordance with Section 208(7), Hawaiian Homes Commission <br /> <br /> Act, Sections 19-3(12) and 19-89, Hawaii County Code, the Director of Finance is authorized to <br /> <br /> compromise the penalties and interest owed by lessees of Hawaiian Home Lands Homestead <br /> <br /> whose tax delinquencies exceed $500 by December 31, 2001. <br /> _ _ . <br /> <br />