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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 260 Draft 02 2002-2004 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 260 Draft 2 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 4, SF,CTION 24-17 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF~ THE; COUNTY OI' I IA WAIT: SECTION I . The purpose of this ordinance is to raise the computation rate of the annual motor vehicle weight tax for vehicles registered in the County of Hawaii. The intent of this increase is to fund ongoing highway maintenance, resurfacing and paving of roads, and Mass Transit A~ency services in the County. SECTION 2. Chapter 24, Article 4, Section 24-17, Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), is hereby amended as follows: "Article 4. Fees. Section 24-17. Motor vehicle tax; computation. Except as otherwise provided in sections 249-I through 249-13 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, all vehicles and motor vehicles, as defined in section 249-1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, located in the County at the time of registration, shall be subject to an annual tax computed according to the net weight of each vehicle in the manner provided in Chis section. The tax shall become due and payable on an annual basis, as billed by the Department of Finance. The tax shall be paid by the owner of each vehicle and collected by the director of finance. If any vehicle is transported into the County after the payment of the tax, no additional tax shall be imposed on that vehicle for the remaining period of the year for which such tax has been paid. (a) The rate for motor vehicles designed primarily for carrying passengers shall be [one-halt] one cent ~ per pound of the net weight of such vehicle. This category shall include buses, ambulances, and hearses. (b) The rate for trucks or noncommercial motor vehicles having a net weight of six thousand tive hundred pounds or less and certified as noncommercial shall be [one-half) one cent LI per pound of the net weight of such vehicles. (I) "fhe owner of a truck or noncommercial motor vehicle who desires to have the vehicle tax at the passenger rate shall file a form furnished by the director of tnance certifying that the truck or noncommercial motor vehicle is not being and will not be operated for compensation or for commercial purposes. (2) Where the vehicle is currently registered as a commercial vehicle and the owner wishes to reclassify the vehicle as noncommercial, the owner shall: (A) File a form furnished by the director of finance certifying that the vehicle is not being and will not be operated for compensation or for commercial purposes; (B) Surrender the vehicle's current certificate of registration and license plates; and (C) Pay a license tee of $5.50 for the passenger vehicle license plates and emblem. (c) The rate for trucks or nonpassenger vehicles used for compensation or commercial purposes or having a net weight of over six thousand five hundred pounds shall be [one cent] two cents (2¢) per pound for such vehicle. This category includes necks, truck-tractors and road tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers. (d) Any person who is totally disabled due to injuries received while on duty with the armed forces of the United States may apply for an exemption from the County motor vehicle weight tax, including minimum tax under section 24028, for a single noncommercial vehicle, subject to proof of total service related disability from the Veterans Administration and approval by the director of finance." SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets and bracketed material need not be included. SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this article are severable. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2005. INTRODUCED BY: C1`~- COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY OF HAWAII Hawaii Date of Introduction: Date of 1" Reading: Date of 2"`~ Reading: Effective Date: ss~.i i2EFERENG6 Conan.