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COUNTY OF HAWAII : •: p. ''•-�.V/ • STATE OF HAWAII 4 •... p OF MP - BILL NO. 103 (DRAFT 2) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 10, SECTION 19-75 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND, DEAF, AND/OR TOTALLY DISABLED. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 19, article 10, section 19-75 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 19-75. Exemption, persons who are blind, deaf, and/or totally disabled. (a) Definitions as used in this chapter: (1) "Blind" means a person whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees, as certified under this section. (2) "Deaf' means a person whose average loss in the speech frequencies (five hundred to two thousand Hertz) in the better ear is ninety-two decibels, or such other level as may be updated by American National Standards Institute (A.N.S.I.), or worse, as certified under this section. (3) "Totally disabled" means a person who is totally disabled, either physically or mentally, and who, except for such total disability, would be able to engage in substantial gainful business or occupation, as certified under this section. (b) Any person who is qualified for the homeowner exemption under section 19-71 and who is certified as blind, deaf, and/or totally disabled as defined in this section shall be exempt from real property taxes on [all] real property owned and occupied as the principal home by the person up to, but not exceeding a taxable value of$50,000. Except that no exemption shall apply to any minimum tax payable under section 19-90(e) of this chapter. (c) The disability shall be certified by: (1) a physician licensed under chapter 453 [or 460, or both,] Hawai`i Revised Statutes, (2) a qualified out-of-state physician who is currently licensed to practice in the state in which the physician resides, or (3) a commissioned medical officer in the United States military or public health service, engaged in the discharge of one's official duty. Certification for a person who is blind or deaf may also be made by a licensed optometrist or licensed audiologist as the case may be. Certification shall be on forms prescribed by the department of finance. For disabled veterans, the proof of disability submitted for section 19-73(1) from the Veterans Administration,