HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 260 Draft 03 2002-2004 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 260
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 24-17 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY
CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. 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, paving of roads, and Mass Transit Agency 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 249-1 through 249-13 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, all vehicles and
motor vehicles, as defined in section 249-I of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, located in the County at the time of
registration, shall be subject to an annual tax computed according [o the net weight of each vehicle in the manner
provided in this 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 inW the County after [he payment of the tax, no additional tax shall be imposed on that vehicle for the
remaining period of [he year for which such tax has been paid.
(a) The rate for motor vehicles designed primarily for carrying passengers shall be [one-half) three-quarter cent
3( /4Q) 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 five hundred
pounds or less and certified as noncommercial shall be [one-half] three-quarter cent 3( /4~l per pound of the
net weight of such vehicles.
(1) The 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 finance 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 fee of $5.50 for the passenger vehicle license plates and emblem.
(e) 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 trucks, 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 Stales 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 [his article or [he 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 .Ianuary I, 2005.
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IN"PRODUCED BY:
Michael Tulang S `Gary Safarik
COUNCIL MEMF~E COUN~1'Y OF HAWAII COUN L MB ,COUNT F HA~AI'I
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JosepZt Remo ds _ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ered C. Holschuh, M.D.
COUNCI. MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWA[`I CO MEMBER, COU
Leningrad Elari toff ~ James . Arakaki
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HA AI`I CO CIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Bob Jacobson Aaron S.Y. Chung
COUNCIL M MBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNCIL MEMBE ,COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii
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