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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0674.007 2022-2024Off ice of Councilwonian Cindy Evans Council District 9 - Kohala, portions of Waimea Hilo: (808) 961-8564 Kohala: (808) 889-6512 E-mail: eindy.evans(-),hctwaiicoitnty.gov HAWAVI COUNTY COUNCIL Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street - Hilo, Hawaii 96720 DATE: February 21, 2024 TO: Heather Kimball, Council Chair; and Members of the Hawaii County Council 0 FROM: Cindy Evans, Councilmember a� 6Ve=a-.) SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 120, Draft 2; an Ordinance Amending Chapter 19 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended) by Adding a New Article Relating to a Real Property Tax Stabilization Program Transmitted herewith are proposed amendments to Bill No. 120, Draft 2. The proposed amendments are illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 120, Draft 2; material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be added is underscored. A copy of the new draft of this bill that would result if these proposed amendments were adopted is intentionally omitted due to the limited scope of these proposed amendments. 1. SECTION I of Bill No. 120, Draft 2, is amended by amending Section 19-106 to read as follows: "Section 19-106. Definitions. As used in this article: "Stabilized tax" means a real property tax [that is equal to the] freeze on tax levied in the tax year in which a qualifying homeowner enrolled in the stabilization program. ["Unstabilized tax" means real pfepefty tax tha4 would other -wise be levied for- given tax year- on pfopefty in the hemeow-nef elass, abseftt stabilization.]" 2. SECTION I of Bill No. 120, Draft 2, is amended by amending Section 19-109 to read as follows: "Section 19-109. Stabilization. Stabilization shall be granted on a continuous basis, commencing with the tax year that immediately follows enrollment into the stabilization program, in the manner hereinafter set forth: Ref. To: E Q 241 2 -CV�2 �41 Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Ref. hate - [r&NvmFw (3) The stabilized tax shall be adjusted to fetleet inefeases in one of mofe of the following! (A) The assessed value of pfopefty festilting ffom any eonstftletion of new buildings of any inipfevements, additions, altefations, femodeling, of fnodifiea4ions tindeftaken npon of made to existing bttildings,--e-f (B) The unstabilized tax fesulting ffem the disallowanee of expifation of-aff exemption gfanted to the subjeet pfopefty at the tifne the elaim fe enfollmetit was filed of ther-eaftef.] W The stabilized tax shall be adjusted in the next tax year to the new tax levied if the assessed value reflects any increase of the assessed value of property resulting from new construction adding square footage or accessory structures. Q The director shall give notice of any adjustments to the real property tax levied on property to the affected taxpayer on or before December 31 of the next tax year. The affected taxpayer may file a report for disenrollment on or before December 31 of the year immediately preceding the tax year for which disenrollment is sought. �4) A qualified taxpayer may file only once for enrollment in the stabilization program." (3) The stabilized tax shall be adjusted to fetleet inefeases in one of mofe of the following! (A) The assessed value of pfopefty festilting ffom any eonstftletion of new buildings of any inipfevements, additions, altefations, femodeling, of fnodifiea4ions tindeftaken npon of made to existing bttildings,--e-f (B) The unstabilized tax fesulting ffem the disallowanee of expifation of-aff exemption gfanted to the subjeet pfopefty at the tifne the elaim fe enfollmetit was filed of ther-eaftef.] W The stabilized tax shall be adjusted in the next tax year to the new tax levied if the assessed value reflects any increase of the assessed value of property resulting from new construction adding square footage or accessory structures. Q The director shall give notice of any adjustments to the real property tax levied on property to the affected taxpayer on or before December 31 of the next tax year. The affected taxpayer may file a report for disenrollment on or before December 31 of the year immediately preceding the tax year for which disenrollment is sought. �4) A qualified taxpayer may file only once for enrollment in the stabilization program."