Chapter 33 Tax Increment Districts

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§ 33-14 HAWAII COUNTY CODE (c) If a provisional tax increment district is converted to a tax increment district, the adjusted assessment base of the provisional tax increment district at the time of the conversion shall become the assessment base of the tax increment district. (d) If at the end of its term a provisional tax increment district has not been converted to a tax increment district, all money remaining in the tax increment fund of the provisional tax increment district shall, to the extent it is not encumbered, be returned to the general fund. (1994, ord 94-76, sec 3.) Article 3. Tax Increments. Section 33-15. Computation of tax increments. Upon or after creation of a tax increment district or a provisional tax increment district, the director of finance shall certify the assessment base of the tax increment district and shall certify in each year thereafter the amount by which the assessment base has increased or decreased as a result of a change in tax exempt status of property within the district, or reduction or enlargement of the district. The amount to be added to the assessment base of the district as a result of previously tax exempt real property within the district becoming taxable shall be equal to the assessed value of the real property as most recently assessed or, if the assessment was made more than one year prior to the date of transfer rendering the property taxable, the value which shall be assessed by the director of finance at the time of such transfer. The amount to be added to the assessment base of the district as a result of enlargements thereof shall be equal to the assessed value of the additional real property as most recently certified by the director of finance as of the date of modification of the tax increment financing plan. The amount to be subtracted from the assessment base of the district as a result of previously taxable real property within the district becoming tax exempt, or a reduction in the geographic area of the district, shall be the amount of assessment base initially attributed to the property becoming tax exempt or being removed from the district. If the assessed value of property located within the tax increment district is reduced or increased by reason of a board of review decision, court-ordered abatement, stipulated agreement, or voluntary abatement made by the director of finance, the increase or reduction shall be applied to the assessment base of the district when the property upon which the change is made has not been improved since the date of creation of the district, and to the assessment increment of the district in each year thereafter when the change relates to improvements made after the date of creation. (1994, ord 94-76, sec 3.) 33-12