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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Whenever used in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:
“Farm” also means “ranch” and “farmer” also means “rancher”.
“Individual” means a natural person who is not a part of a partnership, corporation, or joint venture that is a potential bidder under this section.
“Nonindividual farm concern” means a partnership, corporation, or joint venture properly formed under law and that is a potential bidder under this section.
(b) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, to be eligible to bid in an auction for agricultural or pasture leases, a potential bidder shall be a bona fide individual farmer or a nonindividual farm concern:
(1) Who has spent not less than two years, full-time, in farming operations;
(2) Who is an owner-operator of an established farm conducting a substantial farming operation;
(3) Who for a substantial period of the individual's adult life resided on a farm and depended on farm income for a livelihood;
(4) Who is an individual who has been a farm tenant or farm laborer or other individual, who has for the two years last preceding the auction obtained the major portion of their income from farming operations;
(5) Is an individual with a college degree in agriculture;
(6) Is an individual who by reason of ability, experience, and training as a vocational trainee is likely to successfully operate a farm;
(7) Who has qualified for and received a commitment for a loan under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act as amended, or as may hereafter be amended, for the acquisition of a farm;
(8) Who is an individual who is displaced from employment in an agricultural production enterprise;
(9) Who is a member of the Hawaii Young Farmer Association or a Future Farmer of America graduate with two years of training with farming projects;
(10) Who possesses the qualifications under the new farmer program pursuant to section 155-1; or
(11) Who possesses other qualifications as the board of land and natural resources may prescribe pursuant to section 171-6 and this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 171-14.5 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-171-14-5/
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