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Finance committee postpones bill to extend short-term agricultural tax dedication from 3 to 5 years
Summary
The Hawaii County Council Finance Committee on Feb. 4 voted to postpone consideration of Bill 23, which would change the short-term commercial agriculture use dedication from three years to five, to its Feb. 18 meeting.
The Hawaii County Council Finance Committee on Feb. 4 voted to postpone consideration of Bill 23, which would change the term for short-term commercial agriculture use dedication from three years to five, to the committee meeting on Feb. 18.
The measure, introduced by Councilmember Eustace, would amend Chapter 19 of the Hawaii County Code to increase the required term length for the short-term commercial agriculture use dedication property-tax assessment program. Eustace said the change was intended to give agricultural producers more time to commit to crops and operations and to give the Real Property Tax (RPT) division more time to investigate and process applications.
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