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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE:
PLACE:
TIME:
February 3, 2009
Council Chambers
9:00 a.m.
Re: Comm. No. 107/Bill No. 23
Council Chair and Members
Hawai'i County Council
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 23, reports as follows:
Bill No. 23, transmitted by Deputy County Clerk Rodney Oshiro, via Communication No.1 07, dated
January 21, 2009, amends Chapter 19, Article 11, Sections 19-90, 19-75, and 19-89.5, Hawai'i County
Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), Relating to Real Property Tax - Determination of Rates. The
amendments are as follows:
1. Paragraph 19-90(b)( 1) requires notification in two newspapers of general circulation rather than one
and also deletes the 10 day minimum notice of the RPTR public hearing.
2. Paragraph 19-90(b )(2), which requires the council to re-advertise and reconvene within three weeks of
the public hearing is deleted in its entirety. Paragraph 19-90(b)(2) is replaced with those provisions
currently found in subsection 19-90( c).
3. Paragraph 19-90(b )(3), which requires compliance of paragraph 19-90(b)( 1) and (2) should the
Council require further increase or decrease of the RPTR is deleted in its entirety. This text is replaced
with the requirement that new tax rates shall be noticed in two newspapers of general circulation.
4. Subsection 19-90(c), which discloses the method to set the RPTR is deleted in its entirety. This
determination is now reflected above in number 2, paragraph 19-90(b )(2).
5. Paragraph 19-90(f), which disclosed the validity, directory and mandatory concerns is deleted in its
entirety.
6. Amend sections 19-75(b) and 19-89.5 so that current references to section 19-90(g) remain linked to
the renumbered section 19-90(e).
Council member Ford questioned Deputy County Clerk Rodney Oshiro as to whether or not this
amenciment would eliminate the need for a public hearing. Mr. Oshiro explained that it would not.
Councilmember Ford expressed concern that the Council does not get a proposed tax rate from the mayor
sooner in the process. She stated she felt this was putting the Council in the position of having to make
decisions in the dark.
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Comm. No. 107 fBill No. 23
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Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 23, and recommends it
pass first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX
ENRIQUES X
FORD X
GREENWELL X
HOFFMANN X
IKEDA X
NAEOLE X
ONISHI X
YAGONG X
YOSHIMOTO X
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
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DONALD IKEDA, VICE CHAIR
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