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Hawaii County council advances private-road tax credit after residents describe hazardous local roads
Summary
The Hawaii County Council on Aug. 20 passed Bill 38 on first reading, creating a private-road real property tax credit of up to $250 for homeowners who spend at least $75 a year maintaining publicly accessible private roads.
The Hawaii County Council on Aug. 20 advanced a measure aimed at helping homeowners maintain privately managed, publicly accessible subdivision roads.
Bill 38 (draft 2), introduced by Councilmember Connolly Kleinfelder, would add a private-road tax credit to county code allowing up to a $250 credit on a homeowner’s real property tax bill if the homeowner documents spending at least $75 in a year on maintenance, repair or improvement of a private roadway that is not gated and is managed by a road maintenance organization.
Residents who testified described persistent safety and access problems. Timothy Rowan, president of the Black Sands Property Owners Association and Malama O Puna, said his subdivision’s red cinder roads are in “very poor condition,” that his…
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