Property tax break for air pollution control equipment

A. The value of all property in the County, not including a building and its structural components, other than a building which is exclusively a treatment facility, actually and solely used or to be used as an air pollution control facility as the term is defined in Chapter 237 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, shall be exempted from the measure of the taxes imposed by this chapter; provided, however, the property exemption shall be applicable only with respect to a certified facility which is property, the construction, reconstruction or erection of which is completed by the taxpayer after June 30, 1969; or which is acquired by the taxpayer after June 30, 1969, if the original use of the property commenced with the taxpayer after June 30, 1969; provided further, the facility is placed in service by the taxpayer before July 1, 1975. B. Application for the exemption provided in this section shall first be made with the State Director of Health who shall, if satisfied that the facility meets the pollution emission criteria established by the State Department of Health, certify to that fact. Upon receipt of the certification from the Department of Health, the director of finance shall exempt the facility from the tax imposed by this chapter. A new certificate shall be obtained from the Director of Health and filed with the director of finance every two years certifying that the pollution control facility complies with the pollutant emission criteria established by the Department of Health. The director of finance shall furnish all forms required by this section. C. The director of finance shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer this section. (Ord. 1076 § 3 (part), 1980: prior code § 6-1.81)