§209E-12 - Local incentives. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§209E-12]  Local incentives.  (a)  In applying for designation as an enterprise zone, the applying county may propose local incentives, including, but not limited to:

     (1)  Reduction of permit fees;

     (2)  Reduction of user fees; and

     (3)  Reduction of real property taxes.

     (b)  The application also may contain proposals for regulatory flexibility, including, but not limited to:

     (1)  Special zoning districts;

     (2)  Permit process reform;

     (3)  Exemptions from local ordinances; and

     (4)  Other public incentives proposed in the locality's application, which shall be binding upon the locality upon designation of the enterprise zone. [L 1986, c 78, pt of §1]

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Where new enterprise zone (EZ) was created legislatively by Act 262, L 1997, the Act did not require city and county to offer county-level incentives to qualified businesses in the new EZ.  Att. Gen. Op. 98-1.