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<br /> <br />'51' <br /> <br /> <br />Hawai'i State AssOciation of Counties <br /> <br />Counties of Kaua'i, Maui, Hawai'i and City and County of Honolulu <br /> <br />RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ALLOWING COUNTIES ACCESS TO THE STATE <br />DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION'S INCOME TAX DATABASE <br /> <br />WHEREAS, all four counties in the State of Hawaii currently tax real properties <br />according to the properties' highest and best use, using methods of mass appraisal; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, access to the state department of taxation's income tax database <br />would enable counties to evaluate the efficacy of converting the current system to an <br />------~ -income -based-system~-eval uating-an-ind ivid ual's -abi lity-to--pay-by-measu ri n-g-i ncome--;------------ ----- ---- <br />-.-~Ievel;-+and- + - --- ---- <br />---_. - <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 235-117, Hawaii Revised Statutes, permits any county of <br />the state or the county's authorized representative to inspect the income tax returns of <br />any person for tax purposes, however, representatives of the counties' real property tax <br />agencies hav .. d that counties have been unable to access the state's income tax <br />database; nq, fore, <br /> <br /> <br />},t13E IT RESOLVED by t All STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES that it <br />urges the state legislature to eq",',y)}t)",i.rlation to permit all counties of the state, and <br />their authorized representatives;;;~:it):~~~~~s th ~nt of taxation's income tax <br />database; and P <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />nsmitted to the <br />te, and the <br /> <br />BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of thi 'es I <br />state director of taxation, the governor, the president of the.~tat~ <br />sp~ the House of Representatives. <br /> <br /> <br />DER(/IlM: - <br /> <br />President <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />DENNIS ONISHI <br />Secretary <br /> <br /> <br />OCS/091609/02:02/CT <br /> <br />