HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0989.006 2016-2018Eileen O'Hara
Council Member
Council District 4
Chair., Environmental
Management Committee
Phone: (808) 965-2712
Fax: (808) 961-8912
Email: eileen.ohara@hawaiicounty.gov
Vice Chair. Planning Committee and
Agriculture, Water & Energy
Sustainability Committee
County of Hawaii
Hawaii County Council
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720
DATE: September 5, 2018
TO: Valerie T. Poindexter, Chair
Hawaii County Council ter,
FROM: Eileen O'Hara, Council Member``
Hawaii County Council.
SUBJECT: Proposed amendment to Bill No. 165 Draft 2, A Bill for an Ordinance
Amending Chapter 19, Article 10, of the Hawaii County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as Amended), Relating to Real Property Tax Exemptions
For Disabled or Unemployable Veterans.
Below please find a proposed amendment to Bill No. 165, Draft 2. The proposed amendment is
illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 165, Draft 2;
material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken and material to be added is underscored.
SECTION 1 of Bill No. 165, Draft 2, is amended by amending subsection (a) of Section 19-73
to read as follows:
"(a) Real Property owned and occupied as a home by any person who is 100 percent
disabled or 100 percent unemployable, or both, due to injuries received while on
duty with the armed forces of the United States, or owned by any such person
together with such person's spouse and occupied by either or both spouses as a
home, or owned or occupied by a widow or widower of such veteran who shall
remain unmarried and who shall continue to own and occupy the premises as a
home, is hereby exempted except for fifty percent of the minimum tax from
property taxes, other than special assessments, provided:
(1) That such disability or unemployable status is the result of injuries incurred
while on duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, and that
the department of finance may require proof of disability or unemployable
status;
(2) That the home exemption shall be granted only as long as the veteran claiming
exemption remains 100 percent disabled or 100 percent unemployable, or
both; and
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(3) That a person living on premises, a portion of which is used for commercial
purposes, shall not be entitled to an exemption with respect to such portion,
but shall be entitled to an exemption with respect to the portion used
exclusively as a home; provided, that this exemption shall not apply to any
structure, including the land thereunder, which is used for commercial
purposes."
Due to the limited scope of this amendment, a draft copy of the Draft 3 of this bill that would
result if this proposed amendment is adopted is not attached.
Mahalo
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