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REPORT OF TIIE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: August 1, 2001 Re: Comm. No. 742Bi11 No. 244 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 3:05 P.M. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 244, reports as follows: Bill No. 244, transmitted by Council Member Dominic Yagong, via Communication No. 742, dated April 18, 2000, amends Chapter 19, Article 10, Section 19-75, Hawaii County Code, relating to real property tax exemptions. Bill No. 244 proposes to add the reference "audiologist" to the list of qualified physicians in Chapter 19, Article 10, Section 19-75 (b) and (d), Hawaii County Code Originally heard on May 2, 2000, Bill No. 244 was amended to include the following: 1. Changing section 19-75 (b) to read "...ophthalmologist, optometrist [or]1 otolaryngologist, or licensed ph simian, as the case may be, on forms prescribed by the department of finance." 2. Also, changing section 19-75 (d) to read "...performed by a [qualified] licensed audiologist, ophthalmologist, optometrist, otolaryngologist, or licensed physician, as the case may be, attesting to the continued impairment of sight, hearing, or total disability." Your Committee on Finance recommended Bill No. 244 passes first reading. On July 2, 2000, the Council considered Bill 244, Draft 2 and deferred it back to the Finance Committee with no discussion. It should be noted that Bill 244, Draft 3 was also on the agenda which included amendments further clarifying the real property tax exemption for those with disabilities. Your Committee, during its discussion of Bill No. 244, Draft 3, approved the following amendments: 1. Changing section 19-75 (a) (2) to read "...better ear is [eighty] ninety-two decibels, [A.S.A.,] or such other level as may be updated b~ A.N.S.I. or worse, as certified under this section." 2. Also, changing section 19-75 (c} to include the word "licensed" before audiologist.