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principal residence. Thereafter, the exemption provided by this section shall be <br />applied to any other property designated by the claimant." <br />SECTION 4. Chapter 19, article 10, section 19-89.5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 <br />(2005 Edition, as amended), relating to kuleana land exemption is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 19-89.5. Kuleana land exemption. <br />(a) For the purposes of this section, "kuleana land" means those lands granted to <br />native tenants pursuant to L. 1850, p. 202, entitled "An Act Confirming Certain <br />Resolutions of the King and Privy Council, Passed on the 21st Day of December, <br />A.D. 1849, Granting to the Common People Allodial Titles for Their Own Lands <br />and House Lots, and Certain Other Privileges," as amended by L. 1851, p.98, <br />entitled "An Act to Amend an Act Granting to the Common People Allodial <br />Titles for Their Own Lands and House Lots, and Certain Other Privileges" and as <br />further amended by subsequent legislation. <br />(b) Those portions of real property zoned as residential or agricultural, and designated <br />as kuleana land, shall pay the minimum real property tax set forth in subsection <br />[~9-90(g}] 19-90 e as long as the real property is owned in whole or in part by a <br />lineal descendant of the person(s) that received the original title to the kuleana <br />land. <br />(c) An application for this exemption shall be filed with the director on forms <br />prescribed by the director. The application shall include documents verifying <br />ownership of the portion of the parcel and that the condition set forth in <br />subsection (b) has been satisfied. Verification of the condition set forth in <br />subsection (b) shall be satisfied by either genealogy verification by the Office of <br />Hawaiian Affairs or by court order stating that the applicant is a lineal descendant <br />of the person(s) that received the original title to the kuleana land. The <br />applicant/landowner shall be responsible for all costs." <br />SECTION 5. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is <br />underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need <br />not be included. <br />SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof <br />to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall 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 declared to be severable. <br />5 <br />