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oJrtv.oc N�h. COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 72 (DRAF"f 2 ) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE 1, SECTIONS 11-3 AND 11-13 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-3, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending the definition of "Eligible buyer" to read as follows: ""Eligible buyer" means a person who meets eligibility requirements, including income limitations, as established by this chapter or by rule." SECTION 2. Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-3, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding the following new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Qualified resident" means a person who is a full-time resident of the County Hawaii, consistent with residency as defined in HRS § 235-1 and HRS § 11-13, as demonstrated by evidence satisfactory to the housing administrator." "Qualified returning student" means a person who was a aualified resident immediately prior to leaving the County of Hawaii to attend a university, collet trade school and who has not taken affirmative steps to relinquish their resident status within the County. A returning student may use the evidence of residency a parent or guardian to demonstrate that the student was a qualified resident brior to their temborary departure from the County." "Qualified worker" means a person who earns at least seventy-five percent of their income within a distance specified by the housing- administrator of any affordable housing_ project, as demonstrated by evidence satisfactory to the housing administrator.""