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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> (1) "Blind" means a person whose central visual acuity does not exceed <br /> 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose visual acuity is <br /> greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the field of <br /> vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle <br /> no greater than twenty degrees, as certified under this section. <br /> (2) "Deaf' means a person whose average loss in the speech frequencies (five <br /> hundred to two thousand Hertz) in the better ear is ninety-two decibels, or <br /> such other level as may be updated by American National Standards <br /> Institute (A.N.S.I.), or worse, as certified under this section. <br /> (3) "Totally disabled" means a person who is totally disabled, either <br /> physically or mentally, and who, except for such total disability, would be <br /> able to engage in substantial gainful business or occupation, as certified <br /> under this section. <br /> (b) Any person who is certified as blind, deaf, and/or totally disabled as defined in <br /> this section shall be exempt from real property taxes on all real property owned by <br /> the person up to, but not exceeding a taxable value of $50,000. Except that no <br /> exemption shall apply to any minimum tax payable under section [49-90(g)] 19- <br /> 90(e) of this chapter. <br /> (c) The disability shall be certified by (1) a physician licensed under chapter 453 or <br /> 460, or both, (2) a qualified out-of-state physician who is currently licensed to <br /> practice in the state in which the physician resides, or (3) a commissioned medical <br /> officer in the United States military or public health service, engaged in the <br /> discharge of one's official duty. Certification for a person who is blind or deaf <br /> may also be made by a licensed optometrist or licensed audiologist as the case <br /> may be. Certification shall be on forms prescribed by the department of finance. <br /> For disabled veterans, the proof of disability submitted for section 19-73(1) from <br /> the Veterans Administration, may be substituted for the required certification. <br /> Official documentation from the Social Security Administration may also be <br /> substituted for the required certification. <br /> (d) Any person who is certified as being temporarily blind, deaf, and/or totally <br /> disabled shall submit an annual certification or recertification, as required by this <br /> section. No exemption shall be allowed unless the required certification or <br /> recertification is submitted. <br /> (e) Any person who qualifies for an exemption under this section shall be allowed to <br /> apply for only one of the exemptions established in this section. <br /> (f) In the case of a lease of Hawaiian homestead land, where either a husband or wife <br /> is of non-Hawaiian descent, either spouse shall be entitled to the blind, deaf, or <br /> totally disabled exemption in the same manner as if either spouse was considered <br /> the owner thereof, provided proof of marriage is submitted to the director of <br /> finance. <br /> (g) In the event that a person qualifies for the home exemption as provided in section <br /> 19-71 and the blind, deaf, or totally disabled exemption as provided in this <br /> section, the exemptions shall be granted to the claimant in the following order: the <br /> home exemption shall be granted first, then followed by the applicable blind, <br /> deaf, or totally disabled exemption on the property claimed as the owner's <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 4 <br />