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RESOLUTION AUT N AONE-TIME, AL PROPERTY TAX CREDIT IN
FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 FOR ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES INT E "HOMEOWNER"
CLASS.
WHEREAS, residents in the County of Hawaii have sustained economic losses since
the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and have experienced disruptions in County services
ranging from closures of park facilities and beaches, modified hours of operations at various
facilities, and suspension of several programs at recycling and transfer stations; and
WHEREAS, the strain of paying real property taxes during the economic fallout of the
pandemic and subsequent decrease in services puts an undue burden on residents in the County
of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 19, Article 11, Section 19-90(b), of the Hawaii County Code 1983
2016 Edition, as amended), states that the Council may increase or decrease the real property
tax rates via resolution for buildings and for all other real property, exclusive of buildings for net
taxable lands and net taxable buildings of each class of property; and
WHEREAS, the Council and the County administration, by way of resolution, has
within its authority the means to alleviate some of the financial burdens on residents by
implementing a one-time, real property tax credit for properties identified in the "homeowner"
class; and
WHEREAS, the homeowner class is exclusively reserved for properties which are used
as the owner's principal residence, as set forth in Section 19-53(e) of the Idawai`i County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended); now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that a
one-time, real property tax credit in the amount of$250 shall be applied to the August 2022 real
property tax bill for all eligible properties classified in the homeowner class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that properties in the homeowner class are not eligible
for the one-time,real property tax credit if any of the following applied in fiscal year 2021-2022:
1) failed to pay any portion ofreal property tax due, (2)property was assessed at the minimum
real property tax, or(3) property was sold.
BE IT FURTHER RES LVE that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to
implement a one-time, real property tax credit of$250 to all eligible properties in the homeowner
class in accordance with the terms ofthis resolution.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the honorable Mayor Mitchell D. Roth and the Director of Finance.
Dated at Hawaii,this day of 20
INTRODUCED BY:
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tALMEMBER, AI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of hawai`i AYES NOES ABS7 EX
Filo, Ilawai`i CHUNG
DAVID
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDERCountyofHawaiion
KIERKIEWICZ
KIMBALL
ATTEST: LEE LOY
RICHARDS
VILLEGAS
Reference: C-558/FC +
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