§171-14.5  Auction pre-qualification;agricultural and pasture leases.  (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 personwho is not a part of a partnership, corporation, or joint venture whichis a potential bidder under this section.

"Nonindividual concern" means apartnership, corporation, or joint venture properly formed under law and whichis a potential bidder under this section.

(b)  Any other law to the contrarynotwithstanding, to be eligible to bid in an auction for agricultural orpasture leases, a potential bidder shall be a bona fide individual farmer or anonindividual 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 farmconducting a substantial farming operation;

(3)  Who for a substantial period of the individual'sadult life resided on a farm and depended on farm income for a livelihood;

(4)  Who is an individual who has been a farm tenantor farm laborer or other individual, who has for the two years last precedingthe auction obtained the major portion of their income from farming operations;

(5)  Is an individual with a college degree inagriculture;

(6)  Is an individual who by reason of ability,experience, and training as a vocational trainee is likely to successfullyoperate a farm;

(7)  Who has qualified for and received a commitmentfor a loan under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act as amended, or as mayhereafter be amended, for the acquisition of a farm;

(8)  Who is an individual who is displaced fromemployment in an agricultural production enterprise;

(9)  Who is a member of the Hawaii Young FarmerAssociation or a Future Farmer of America graduate with two years of trainingwith farming projects;

(10)  Who possesses the qualifications under the newfarmer program pursuant to section 155-1; or

(11)  Who possesses other qualifications as the boardof land and natural resources may prescribe pursuant to section 171-6 and thissection. [L 1982, c 131, §1; am L 2000, c 51, §14]