BIL 177 Draft 01 2002-2004 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Three elements are necessary for real property to be considered a "principal home." Owner's abandonment of all other previous principal homes ~B Intent of the owner to create or maintain a principal home within the county Owner's actual physical occupancy of the principal home within the county. f 2~ "Intent of the owner to create or maintain a principal home" may be evidenced by, but not limited to, the following indicia: u Occupancy of the home in the county for more than 270 calendar days of a calendar ,}_ear: Registering to vote in the county; f C~ Beine stationed in the county under military orders of the United States• or j~ Possession of any of the following with a reported address within the County of Hawai `i: (i) Valid Hawaii drivers license. ii Hawaii state identification card. iii Income tax return as a resident of the State of Hawaii. iv Resident aliens possessing a valid resident alien card ("ereen card's must claim residency only in Hawaii The director of finance ma~quire documentation of the above or additional indicia of intent to reside in the county from a property owner applying for an exemption or from an owner as evidence of continued Qualification for an exemption. Failure to respond to the director's request, or in the event the director receives satisfactory evidence that a claimant occupies a permanent home outside the county and there is documented evidence of the claimant's intent to reside outside of the county shall be deemed grounds for denvine a claim for exemption or disallowing_an existing exemption. SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications