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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 187 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 <br /> (1995 EDITION) RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC BY EXEMPTING TOTALLY <br /> DISABLED VETERANS FROM CERTAIN FEES. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. The purpose of this measure is to exempt totally disabled veterans <br /> <br /> from certain motor vehicle fees in chapter 24, article 4. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 24, article 4, section 24-17, of the Hawaii County Code <br /> 1983 (1995 Edition), is amended to read as follows: <br /> Section 24-17. Motor vehicle tax; computation. <br /> Except as otherwise provided in sections 249-1 through 249-13 of <br /> the Hawaii Revised Statutes, all vehicles and motor vehicles, as defined <br /> in section 249-1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, located in the county at <br /> the time of registration, shall be subject to an annual tax computed <br /> according to the net weight of each vehicle in the manner provided in this <br /> section. The tax shall become due and payable on January 1 and must be <br /> paid before April 1 in each year. The tax shall be paid by the owner of <br /> each vehicle and collected by the director of finance. If any vehicle is <br /> transported into the county after the payment of the tax, no additional tax <br /> shall be imposed on that vehicle for the remaining period of the year for <br /> which such tax has been paid. <br /> (a) The rate for motor vehicles designed primarily for carrying <br /> passengers shall be one-half cent per pound of the net weight of <br /> such vehicle. This category shall include buses, ambulances, and <br /> hearses. <br /> (b) The rate for trucks or noncommercial motor vehicles having a net <br /> weight of six thousand five hundred pounds or less and certified as <br /> noncommercial shall be one-half cent per pound of the net weight <br /> of such vehicles. <br /> <br />