COUNTY:

Each county will offer additional benefits to enrolled businesses:

CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU (THE ISLAND OF OAHU)

• Two-year exemption from any increase in property taxes resulting from new construction by EZ firms at their EZ sites.
• Waiver of building and grading permit fees for enrolled EZ firms for seven years.

HAWAII COUNTY (THE "BIG" ISLAND)

• Three-year exemption from any increase in property taxes resulting from new construction by EZ firms at their EZ sites.

KAUAI COUNTY (THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI AND NIIHAU)

• Priority business permit processing.

MAUI COUNTY (THE ISLANDS OF LANAI, MAUI AND MOLOKAI)

• Waiver of business permit fees.
• Priority consideration will be given to EZs and enrolled EZ businesses when processing business permits, granting zoning waivers, and when allocating federal monies controlled by the county e.g. Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), and Workforce Investment Act funds.