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which exemption is claimed, whereby the purchaser agrees to pay all taxes while purchasing the premises. (c) For disabled and unemployable veterans, the proof of disability or unemployable status from the Veterans Administration may be substituted for the required certification." SECTION 2. Chapter 19, article 10, section 19-75(c), of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "(c) The disability shall be certified by: (1) a physician licensed under chapter 453, 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 1 or licensed audiologist as the case may be. Certification shall be on forms prescribed by the department of finance. For disabled and unemployable veterans,the proof of disability or unemployable status submitted [for] pursuant to section 19-73(1) from the Veterans Administration, may be substituted for the required certification. Official documentation from the Social Security Administration may also be substituted for the required certification." SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid,the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect on July 1, 2019. INTRODUCED BY: \ ' ' ''- CO IL ME li BER, i UNTY OF HAWAI`I , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: Date of 1st Reading: Date of 2nd Reading: Effective Date: REFERENCE Comm. 989.5 2