NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Kaua’i County Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., or soon thereafter, at the Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Room 201, Historic County Building, Lihu’e, on the following:

Bill No. 2903
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5A, KAUA’I
COUNTY CODE 1987, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX (Long-Term Gap Housing Rental)

This Bill proposes to create a new exemption entitled “Exemption for Property Used for Long-Term Gap Housing Rental” for each unit type up to one hundred forty percent (140%) of the Kaua’i median household income as defined by the Kaua’i County Housing Agency Rental Housing Guidelines. Program participants would be placed in a new “Long-Term Gap Housing Rental” tax rate classification. This Bill also makes minor changes to Section 5A-11A.1 (Long-Term Affordable Rental program) for consistency with existing language. This Bill would take effect upon its approval (allowing codification, creation of forms, and applications due by September 30, 2024), with changes to impact the Tax Year beginning July 1, 2025.

Bill No. 2904
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5A, KAUA’I
COUNTY CODE 1987, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX (Separated Married Persons)

This Bill proposes to: grant separated married persons each their own full Home Exemption, make the separation easier to establish with the Department of Finance, and increase the two-year maximum allowance of this benefit to five (5) years. This Bill also takes the opportunity to formally modernize the language to include civil unions (though lack of this language has not impacted civil union partners because superseding state law would control in this matter).

Any person may testify at the public hearing, and at any Council and Committee Meeting (at which time any Bill may be amended). Meeting notices and full-text Bills are available at least six (6) days in advance at the Office of the County Clerk, Council Services Division and kauai.gov/Government/Council/Webcast-Meetings. Written testimony may be submitted via counciltestimony@kauai.gov, mail, or fax. For further information, please call (808) 241-4188.

CERTIFICATE OF THE COUNTY CLERK

I hereby certify that the Kaua’i County Council passed on first reading and ordered to print Bill Nos. 2903 and 2904 during the August 9, 2023 Council Meeting, by the following vote:

Lihu’e, Hawai’i /s/ Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa
August 10, 2023 County Clerk, County of Kaua’i
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(TGI1426513 8/15/23)