HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 579 06/23/1992 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date: June 23 , 1992 Re: Comm. 3849
Place: Councilroom
Time: 10 : 00 a.m.
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution
No . 470-92, reports as follows :
The purpose of Resolution No. 470-92 is to request the Mayor to
consider the exemption of Hawaiian Homes lands designated for
use as houselots, farmlots, and pastoral lots from all County
real property taxes .
Comm. No. 3849 , from Councilman Spencer K. Schutte, dated
June 9, 1992, transmits Resolution 470 which requests
Mayor Lorraine R./Inouye to consider the exemption of real
property tax assessment of lease lands to the Hawaiian Home
Lands recipients who have received houselots, farm lots, and
pastoral lots . This request is made since the recipients of
Hawaiian Home Lands are granted long term leases and will not
benefit from any increases in property values .
Councilman Schutte amended Resolution No. 470-92 by amending as
follows :
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII that it [request the Mayor to consider the
exemption of Hawaiian Homes lands designated for use as
houselots, farmlots and pastoral lots, from all County real
property taxes . ] concurs that Hawaiian Homes lands leased as
homestead and not under general lease, pursuant to Section 207
of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 , be exempt from
real property taxes in the County of Hawaii .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
transmitted to [Honorable] Mayor Lorraine R. Inouye; Governor
John Waihee; [Mr . Abraham Aiona] Mr. Clayton Hee, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs; and to Mrs . Hoaliku Drake, Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands .
Councilman Schutte excused himself from voting since he is a
beneficiary of Hawaiian Home Lands .
Your Committee discussed the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
point that these lands cannot be alienated or encumbered, that
they do not possess the same benefits as that of freely
transferable property. FC REPORT N0. 579
ADOPTED: JUL 1 1992
FC- 579 Page 2 June 23 , 1992
Your Committee on Finance concurs with the intent of Resolution
No. 470-92, as amended, and recommends its adoption.
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