HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 059 Draft 01 2022-2024 COUNTY OF HAWAII -*(4‘.`:. STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 59
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19,ARTICLE 10, SECTION 19-71, OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
HOME EXEMPTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 19, article 10, section 19-71, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by amending subsection(d)to read as follows:
"(d) A taxpayer who is sixty years of age or over and who qualifies under subsection (a)
shall be entitled to one of the following home exemptions:
Age of Taxpayer Exemption Amount
60 years of age or over but $85,000
not 65 years of age or over
65 years of age or over but not
70 years of age or over $90,000
70 years of age or over but not $105,000
75 years of age or over
75 years of age or over but not
80 years of age or over $110,000
80 years of age or over $125,000
For the purpose of this subsection, a husband and wife who own property by
life estate and remainder,jointly, by the entirety, or in common, on which a home
exemption under the provisions of subsection(a) has been granted shall be entitled
to the applicable home exemption set forth above when at least one of the spouses
qualifies each year for the applicable home exemption."
SECTION 2. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2024.
INTRODU -, BY:
COUNCIL ME :-=*k OUNTY OF HAWAII
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 371
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