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`The ITonorable James Y. r~ral~alsi
~ i~eu~be~°s of tine Ila~vaii County Counci!
Iiawaii County I~uildin~
25 r~upuni Street
1€Iilo, Hawaii 96720 July 30, 2002
Ilill 22~ emends Chapter 19, t~rticle 11, section 19-90 Hawaii County
Code 193 (1995 Edition) relating to tine minimum taa4
Itaisiu~ the iuini~a~tsn tax fra~na $ 2S up to a lsossible $100 or hher is extremely
selective and discrianinatoay.
homeowners effected by this action will be:
~ Senior Citizen homeowners CO years and older whose honne owner
eaennptio®s, living in a modest home, reduce their tax to $25.
~ `Those citizens on a fixed income or unemployed.
hetiresl or disabled citizens and veterans.
~ 'Those !avi®~ in modest hoanes ou affordable land.
I believe that the County Council and the general public is entity to l~cow tine
3®f~rce, by district, of tlnas eatr~ revenue. .ACC®rdin~ t® tlne Mayor it am®unts t~
approai~nately $700,000. It is reasonable to assume that Duna and I~au will bear a
major share of this selective tax. 'These are also the areas witE~ the minimum county
public ss°.rvices.
the Council leas alrey va~ted itn committee to approve this selective #ncrease
in our taxes any appeat to rethinl~ Bill 22~ is mute.
~'he County Counci! ~i~lat consider, however, to return these taws to the listricts
that generate the income by stipulating tine distributioan in Iii!! 32~. `This o
decision would be only fair since tine mayor inn various meetbe~s leas states! that the
alcove districts will not receive any ~additiona! services. ~'he ~Iayuor leas also stated
for the ?llawaii ~'ribune Ilerald that he has nay planned usage for the additional
revenue.
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