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,OJNtY OF h ,. <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII - STATE OF HAWAII <br /> . ATE Gf•M.� <br /> BILL NO. 85 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 4, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY <br /> CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO FEES. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. The purpose of this measure is to increase Highway Fund revenue to <br /> support road and transportation operations; to make the County of Hawai`i's fees more consistent <br /> with other counties; and to better reflect the costs associated with operations of the Vehicle <br /> Registration and Licensing Division. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 24, Article 4, Section 24-17, Motor vehicle tax; computation, Hawai'i <br /> County Code 1983 (2005 edition, as amended), is amended by revising the existing item as follows: <br /> Section 24-17. Motor vehicle tax; computation. <br /> Except as otherwise provided in sections 249-1 through 249-13 of the Hawai`i <br /> Revised Statutes, all vehicles and motor vehicles, as defined in section 249-1 of the <br /> Hawai`i Revised Statutes, located in the County at the time of registration, shall be <br /> subject to an annual tax computed according to the net weight of each vehicle in the <br /> manner provided in this section. The tax shall become due and payable on an annual <br /> basis, as billed by the department of finance. The tax shall be paid by the owner of each <br /> vehicle and collected by the director of finance. If any vehicle is transported into the <br /> County after the payment of the tax, no additional tax shall be imposed on that vehicle for <br /> the remaining period of the year for which such tax has been paid. <br /> (a) The rate for motor vehicles designed primarily for carrying passengers shall be <br /> [3/1 of a] 1 and 1/4 cent per pound of the net weight of such vehicle. This category <br /> shall include buses, ambulances, and hearses. <br /> (b) The rate for trucks or noncommercial motor vehicles having a net weight of six <br /> thousand five hundred pounds or less and certified as noncommercial shall be [3/1 <br /> of a] 1 and 1/4 cent per pound of the net weight of such vehicles. <br /> (1) The owner of a truck or noncommercial motor vehicle who desires to have <br /> the vehicle tax at the passenger rate shall file a form furnished by the <br /> director of finance certifying that the truck or noncommercial motor <br />