HCC §33-7
Rules for creating a tax increment district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗A tax increment district can only be created if the county council finds that the area qualifies as a targeted area, needs tax increment financing to fix problems, keeps the total value of all such districts under a limit, and is also an improvement or community facilities district.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Requirements
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
No tax increment district can be created unless the council finds that the proposed district meets all of the following requirements: (a) The project area proposed to be included in the district is a targeted area. (b) The improvements necessary to remedy the conditions in the targeted area cannot reasonably be expected to be accomplished in a reasonable time without tax increment financing. TAX INCREMENT DISTRICTS § 33-7 (c) The assessment base of the property proposed to be included in the district shall not cause the total assessed valuation of all property included in tax increment districts, determined at the time the districts were created as supplemented by the assessed valuation of property subsequently included in a district at such time of inclusion, to exceed ten percent of the total assessed value of all taxable real property in the County. (d) The project area is also designated as an improvement district or community facilities district pursuant to the Hawai‘i County Code. (1994, ord 94-76, sec 3.)33-7
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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