Haw. Rev. Stat. § 49-11 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-11
Use of revenue and user taxes of undertaking or loan program.
Status: in_force

Whenever any revenue bonds have been issued under this chapter for an undertaking or a loan program, the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, from which the revenue bonds are payable and by which they are secured of the undertaking or loan program shall be deposited in a special fund and shall be appropriated, applied, or expended, and the county shall have the right to appropriate, apply, or expend the same, in the amount necessary therefor for the following purposes and in such order of priority as the county shall provide in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds:

(1) To pay when due all revenue bonds and interest thereon issued for the undertaking or loan program, for the payment of which the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, is or shall have been pledged, charged, or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor;

(2) To pay or provide for the payment of the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the undertaking, or to pay or provide for the payment of administering, operating, and maintaining the loan program, including reserves therefor;

(3) For such purposes, within the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and functions of the county, including the creation and maintenance of reserves, as shall have been covenanted in any resolution or resolutions of the county providing for the issuance of revenue bonds;

(4) To reimburse the general fund of the county for all bond requirements for general obligation bonds which are or shall have been issued for the undertaking or loan program, or to refund any of the general obligation bonds, except insofar as the obligation of reimbursement has been or shall be canceled by the governing body, the bond requirements being the interest on term and serial bonds, sinking fund for term bonds, and principal of serial bonds maturing the following year;

(5) To provide for betterments and improvements to the undertaking or expansion of the loan program, including reserves therefor; or

(6) To provide such special reserve funds and other special funds as are or may be created by the resolution or resolutions authorizing the revenue bonds.

Unless and until adequate provision has been made for the foregoing purposes, the county shall not have the right to transfer to its general fund or apply to any other purposes any part of the revenue, or user taxes, pledged to the payment of the revenue bonds, of the undertaking or loan program. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-20 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-20
Auxiliary redevelopment area.
Status: in_force

Where a redevelopment agency finds:

(1) That there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the county;

(2) That the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations on undeveloped vacant land, not within a blighted area, is necessary to accomplish the relocation of families to be displaced from blighted areas which are to be redeveloped or displaced from disaster areas as defined in this chapter; and

(3) That the acquisition of a particularly described area of the undeveloped vacant land (hereinafter called an "auxiliary redevelopment area"), suitable for development for predominantly residential uses and so characterized in the master plan, is essential to the proper clearance or redevelopment of blighted or disaster areas or a necessary part of the general program for clearance or redevelopment of blighted or disaster areas in the county;

then, subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, the acquisition, planning, preparation for development, or disposal of such auxiliary redevelopment area shall constitute a redevelopment project which may be undertaken by the agency in the manner provided by this part. The procedure for the preparation, submission, and the final approval, amendment and approval, or disapproval, of the redevelopment project, and subsequent proceedings with respect thereto, shall be the same, as nearly as may be, as in the case of other redevelopment projects, except that:

(1) The council shall not approve such plan or project unless it shall by resolution, concur in every finding of the agency required by this section and also find that the auxiliary redevelopment area will be developed for predominantly residential uses; and

(2) The requirement of a finding that the redevelopment project is in a blighted area prescribed by section 53-6 shall not be applicable. [L 1951, c 244, pt of §3; RL 1955, §143-20; am L Sp 1960, c 5, §3; am L 1965, c 101, §1(j); HRS §53-20]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-128 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-128
Public hearing.
Status: in_force

No development agreement shall be entered into unless a public hearing on the application therefor first shall have been held by the county legislative body.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 54-64 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-64
Acquisition of lands.
Status: in_force

The board of water supply may, in the name of the county, subject to the approval of the council of the county, acquire and take by purchase, lease, or otherwise, all property situated within the limits of the county that it may determine necessary for the construction, maintenance, extension, or operation of any of the waterworks and water systems under its jurisdiction and control.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 47-43 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-43
Payment to be made.
Status: in_force

If a lost, stolen, destroyed or defaced bond, coupon or both, as the case may be, has matured, has been called for redemption or is due, as the case may be, at the time of request for replacement of such bond, coupon or both, as the case may be, the director of finance may pay the face value of the matured bond or coupon or the call price of the called bond, as the case may be.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 48E-2 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 48E / Section 48E-2
County powers.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers provided by law, a county may:

(1) Subject to the approval of the governing body of the county, enter into, amend, supplement, and carry out a project agreement with a project party, and enter into and carry out any other agreement whereby the obligations of a project party under a project agreement shall be unconditionally guaranteed or insured by, or the performance thereof assigned to, a person other than the project party;

(2) By separate ordinance, approved by two-thirds of the members to which the governing body of the county is entitled, issue special purpose revenue bonds pursuant to this chapter in such principal amounts as may be necessary to finance the cost of the pollution control project;

(3) Lend or otherwise apply the proceeds of the special purpose revenue bonds issued for a pollution control project, either directly or through a trustee or a project party, for use and application by the project party in the acquisition, construction, installation, or modification of a pollution control project, or agree with the project party whereby any of these activities shall be undertaken or supervised by that project party or by a person designated by the project party;

(4) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on special purpose revenue bonds issued to finance the costs of the pollution control project and any related agreement:

(A) Pledge, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber all or any part of the revenues and receipts derived or to be derived by the county under the project agreement;

(B) Pledge and assign the interests and rights of the county under the project agreement or other agreement with respect to such pollution control project;

(C) Pledge and assign any bond, debenture, note, or other evidence of indebtedness received by the county with respect to such pollution control project; or

(D) Any combination of the foregoing;

(5) With or without terminating a project agreement, exercise any and all rights provided by law for entry and reentry upon or to take possession of a pollution control project at any time, or from time to time, upon breach or default by a project party under a project agreement, including any action at law or in equity for the purpose of effecting its rights of entry or reentry or obtaining possession of the project or for the payments of the rentals, user taxes, or charges or any other sums due and payable by the project party to the county pursuant to the project agreement; and

(6) Do all things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter. [L 1983, c 237, pt of §2]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-89 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-89
Broadband-related permits; automatic approval.
Status: in_force

(a) A county shall approve, approve with modification, or disapprove all applications for broadband-related permits within sixty days of submission of a complete permit application and full payment of any applicable fee. If, on the sixty-first day, an application is not approved, approved with modification, or disapproved by the county, the application shall be deemed approved by the county.

(b) Permits issued pursuant to this section shall contain the following language: "This is a broadband-related permit issued pursuant to section 46-89, Hawaii Revised Statutes."

(c) An applicant and a public utility shall comply with all applicable safety and engineering requirements relating to the installation, improvement, construction, or development of infrastructure relating to broadband service or broadband technology.

(d) No action shall be prosecuted or maintained against any county, its officials, or employees on account of actions taken in reviewing, approving, modifying, or disapproving a permit application pursuant to this section, or against public utilities resulting from such actions.

(e) The sixty day time period established by subsection (a) shall be extended in the event of a natural disaster, state emergency, or union strike that prevents the applicant, agency, or department from fulfilling application review requirements.

(f) If an application is incomplete, the county agency shall notify the applicant in writing within ten business days of submittal of the application. The notice shall inform the applicant of the specific requirements necessary to complete the application. The sixty-first day automatic approval provisions under subsection (a) shall continue to apply to the application only if the applicant satisfies the specific requirements of the notice and submits a complete application within five business days of receipt of the notice.

(g) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 3 of Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011.

(h) For the purposes of this section, "broadband-related permits" means all county permits required to commence actions with respect to the installation, improvement, construction, or development of infrastructure relating to broadband service or broadband technology, including the interconnection of telecommunications cables, cable installation, tower construction, placement of broadband equipment in the road rights-of-way, and undersea boring, or the landing of an undersea communications cable. The term does not include any county permit for which the approval of a federal agency is explicitly required pursuant to federal law, rule, or regulation, prior to granting final permit approval by the county. [L 2013, c 264, §§2, 5; am L 2016, c 193, §2]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 50-13 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 50 / Section 50-13
Compensation of commission members.
Status: in_force

Members of the charter commission shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of $1,000 each, and shall be reimbursed by the county for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-195 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-195
[ §46-195] Community paramedicine program; established.
Status: in_force

[ §46-195] Community paramedicine program; established. (a) The county may establish and administer the community paramedicine program.

(b) The county may:

(1) Develop community paramedicine guidelines consistent with those adopted by the department of health;

(2) Explore and develop partnerships with public and private health care entities, insurers, and community organizations to facilitate the community paramedicine program; and

(3) Employ telehealth within the community paramedicine program to enhance access and improve the patient experience.

(c) The county shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate the purposes of this section. [L 2021, c 208, pt of §1]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-7 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-7
Urban renewal projects in disaster areas.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where the council of a county certifies that an area within the county is in need of renewal, redevelopment, or rehabilitation as a result of a seismic wave, flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, volcanic activity, explosion, or other catastrophe, natural or of human origin (herein called "disaster area") respecting which the governor of the State has certified the need for disaster assistance under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress (64 Stat. 1109), or other federal law, the council of a county may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project with respect to the area without regard to:

(1) The provisions of this chapter as follows: the definitions of "redevelopment area" and "urban area" in section 53-1; the proviso of the first sentence of paragraph (4) of section 53-5; the requirements for housing of displaced families, approval of the plan by planning commission, public hearings and findings required by the county council prior to the approval of the plan as contained in section 53-6, provided that the limitation of time in which to contest validity of the proceedings or of the renewal plan provided in section 53-6 in the case of an urban renewal project for disaster areas shall be twenty days instead of thirty days; the exceptions set forth in the second sentence of section 53-20; the proviso of the second sentence of section 53-21; and

(2) Any of the provisions of this chapter requiring public hearings or requiring that the urban renewal plan conform to the master plan for the development of the county or locality as a whole, or that the urban renewal area be a slum area, or a blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating area, or that the urban renewal area be predominantly residential in character or be developed or redeveloped for residential use.

In the preparation, planning, financing, acquisition, and disposal of real property, and the execution generally of an urban renewal project for disaster areas, a redevelopment agency shall have all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities conferred upon the agency by this chapter including any amendment thereof or addition thereto, or by any other law, in the same manner as though all provisions of law relating to urban renewal projects were applicable to the redevelopment and renewal of the disaster areas as in this section provided, subject to the exceptions hereinabove set forth. [L Sp 1960, c 5, §1; Supp, §143-7.1; HRS §53-7; am L 1987, c 283, §5; am L 1999, c 18, §1]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-34 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-34
Regulation of redevelopment corporations.
Status: in_force

The redevelopment agency shall examine each redevelopment corporation and keep informed as to its general condition, its capitalization, and the manner in which its property is constructed, leased, operated, or managed with respect to its compliance with all provisions of law and orders of the agency.

The agency may:

(1) Either itself or through its inspectors or employees, duly authorized by it, enter in or upon and inspect the property, equipment, buildings, plants, offices, apparatus, and devices of any redevelopment corporation; examine all books, contracts, records, documents, and papers of any redevelopment corporation and by subpoena duces tecum compel the production thereof. At the request of the agency the state commissioner of financial institutions shall assist in examination of the books, contracts, records, documents, and papers and report thereon to the agency;

(2) In its discretion, prescribe uniform methods and forms of keeping accounts, records, and books to be observed by redevelopment corporations, and after a hearing prescribe by order accounts in which particular outlays and receipts shall be entered, charged, or credited;

(3) Require specific answers to questions upon which it may desire information and require the filing of periodic reports in the form, covering the period, and at the time prescribed by it;

(4) In the deed or contract selling or leasing property in a redevelopment project to any other person or corporation, reserve such of the powers hereinabove mentioned as are appropriate and necessary or proper to effectuate the requirements of this chapter. [L 1949, c 379, §17; am L 1951, c 244, §8; RL 1955, §143-33; am L 1959, c 44, §5; HRS §53-34; am L 1985, c 269, §55]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 48E-5 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 48E / Section 48E-5
Project agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) Any project agreement entered into by the county shall contain provisions unconditionally obligating the project party to pay the county during the period or term of the project agreement, exclusive of any renewal or extension thereof and whether or not the pollution control project is used or occupied by the project party, at such time or times and in such amount or amounts that will be at least sufficient:

(1) To pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all special purpose revenue bonds issued to finance the costs of the pollution control project as and when the same becomes due, including upon any required redemption thereof;

(2) To establish or maintain such reserves, if any, as may be required by the instrument authorizing or securing the special purpose revenue bonds;

(3) To pay the fees and expenses of the paying agents and trustees for the special purpose revenue bonds;

(4) To pay the expenses incurred by the county in administering the bonds or in carrying out the project agreement; provided that moneys received by the county to pay such expenses shall not be, nor be deemed to be, revenues derived under the project agreement which may be pledged as security for special purpose revenue bonds and shall be paid into the county fund from which such payments are made; and

(5) To pay any and all of the cost, direct or indirect, in the operation, maintenance, and repair of the pollution control project.

(b) Any project agreement entered into by the county may contain such provisions as the county deems necessary or desirable to obtain or permit the participation of the state and federal government in the pollution control project or in the financing of the costs thereof.

(c) A project agreement shall provide that the county shall have all rights and remedies generally available at law or in equity to reenter and take possession of a pollution control project upon the breach or default by a project party of any term, condition, or provision of a project agreement.

(d) The county may extend or renew any project agreement or any other agreement related thereto, in accordance with the project agreement. [L 1983, c 237, pt of §2]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-15.01 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-15.01
Limitation of application.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to exempt counties from the application of chapter 104 to experimental and demonstration housing projects pursuant to section 46-15.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-82 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-82
Abolition of existing agency.
Status: in_force

In the event of the abolition of an agency in the county, the county upon such abolition shall succeed to all the powers, rights, duties, functions, funds, properties and obligations of the agency. However, as to any obligations of the agency existing at the time of the abolition, the county shall not incur any greater liability than that of the agency at the time of such abolition. The county shall not be liable for such obligations out of any funds or properties of the county other than those funds and properties which would have been required to be applied to the satisfaction of such obligations had such abolition not occurred.

If any of the obligations of the agency constitute bonds or other indebtedness of the agency, the county shall carry out and perform all promises, covenants, contracts and agreements of the agency contained in such bonds or other indebtedness or in the resolution, trust agreement, mortgage or other proceeding or instrument providing for the issuance, payment and security of such bonds or other indebtedness, and shall maintain such funds and accounts as are required for such purpose or as are required by such bonds, other indebtedness, resolution, trust agreement, mortgage, proceeding or instrument. The provisions of the last paragraph of section 53-85 shall be applicable to such bonds or other indebtedness. [L 1974, c 123, pt of §2]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-145 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-145
Refund of impact fees.
Status: in_force

(a) If impact fees are not expended or encumbered within the period established in section 46-144, the county or the board shall refund to the developer or the developer's successor in title the amount of fees paid and any accrued interest. Application for a refund shall be submitted to the county or the board within one year of the date on which the right to claim arises. Any unclaimed refund shall be retained in the special trust fund or interest bearing account and be expended as provided in section 46-144.

(b) If a county or board seeks to terminate impact fee requirements, all unexpended or unencumbered funds shall be refunded as provided in subsection (a) and the county or board shall give public notice of termination and availability of refunds at least two times. All funds available for refund shall be retained for a period of one year at the end of which any remaining funds may be transferred to:

(1) The county's general fund and expended for any public purpose not involving water supply or service as determined by the county council; or

(2) The board's general fund and expended for any public purpose involving water supply or service as determined by the board.

(c) Recoupment shall be exempt from subsections (a) and (b). [L 1992, c 282, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 2, §14; am L 2001, c 235, §5]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 47-3 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-3
Purpose of issuance.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued for public improvements of the county and such other purposes as may from time to time be authorized by other provisions of general law, including without limitation, special improvements the cost of which is assessed or assessable in whole or in part against properties benefitted or improved by such improvements; provided that the issuance of those bonds for those special improvements shall be limited to special improvements initiated by the county. The purpose or purposes of issuance need not be stated in any bond.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 54-22 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-22
Revenue bond sales.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall, when so directed by the board of water supply, sell such bonds as may be authorized for the acquisition, construction, replacement, extension, or completion of the waterworks; provided that the sale shall otherwise be conducted in accordance with the procedure specified by the law for the sale of the bonds. The proceeds from the sales shall be kept by the county treasurer in a separate fund to be used only for the purposes for which the bonds were sold.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-66 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-66
Disposition of real property.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except as provided in section 46-67, each county, subject to the approval of the council, may grant, sell, or otherwise dispose of any easement for particular purposes in perpetuity by direct negotiation or otherwise, subject to reverter to the county upon the termination or abandonment of the specific purpose for which the easement was granted, including easements over, under, through, and across land bordering the ocean and easements for any governmental or public utility purpose or for chilled water and seawater distribution systems for renewable energy seawater air conditioning district cooling systems.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-37 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-37
Participation by certain corporations.
Status: in_force

One or more insurance companies may organize, or cause to be organized, a redevelopment corporation formed pursuant to the provisions of this part, and purchase for cash or receive and hold in exchange for property, and own and control, the stock or the income debenture certificates or both of any redevelopment corporation and may also invest, singly or jointly, in a bond and first mortgage or in an issue of bonds secured by mortgage or trust indenture constituting a first lien upon any project as provided in this part. An insurance company, however, which owns stock or income debenture certificates of a redevelopment corporation and also owns bonds or a bond and mortgage or an interest in a bond and mortgage of the same redevelopment corporation shall not, without the consent of the agency, sell all or any part of the bonds or the bond and mortgage or of its interest in the bond or mortgage unless it shall simultaneously sell the stock and the income debenture certificates owned by it.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an insurance company owning all or a part of the stock of a redevelopment corporation may enter into contracts contemplated by this part and agree by contract with the redevelopment agency not to sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the stock, income debentures, or mortgage bonds of the redevelopment corporation during the period of tax exemption provided for by the contract pursuant to this part without the consent of the agency. The insurance company may make such capital contributions to the redevelopment corporation, in cash or by cancellation of securities or otherwise, as may be necessary to enable the redevelopment corporation to comply with all conditions precedent to its dissolution and conveyance of its property in accordance with subsection (a) of section 53-36, and upon dissolution of the redevelopment corporation, acquire the project and own and operate the same as a permanent investment for such period as it or they may deem desirable either directly or through acquisition and ownership of the capital stock of any corporation which may acquire title to the project pursuant to subsection (a) of section 53-36.

Except as specifically provided herein this part shall not be deemed to limit or restrict any power or authority granted to insurance companies or to any other corporation or to any fiduciary by any other provision of law. [L 1949, c 379, §20; RL 1955, §143-36; HRS §53-37]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-64 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-64
Disposition of surplus property.
Status: in_force

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any county may give, sell, or transfer any of its surplus personal property to the State or to any county within the State.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 54-27 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-27
Acquisition of lands.
Status: in_force

The board of water supply may, in the name of the county, acquire and take by purchase, lease, or otherwise, all property situated within the limits of the county that it may determine necessary for the construction, maintenance, extension, or operation of the waterworks system.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-21 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-21
Auxiliary redevelopment area; displaced persons.
Status: in_force

Where the redevelopment agency of a county finds:

(1) That there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the county;

(2) That the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary housing for rent or dwelling units for sale is necessary to accomplish the relocation of families displaced or to be displaced from areas acquired by governmental agencies for public purposes or displaced from disaster areas as defined by this chapter; and

(3) That the acquisition of a fee or leasehold interest of a particularly described area in a county (hereinafter also called an auxiliary redevelopment project), suitable for development for predominantly residential uses and so characterized in the master plan, is essential to provide for the development of housing facilities at rents the displaced families can afford or of dwelling units at prices the displaced families can pay,

then the planning, acquisition, preparation for development or disposal of the auxiliary redevelopment area shall constitute a redevelopment project which may be undertaken by the agency in the manner provided by this chapter.

The procedure and exceptions set forth in section 53-20 shall apply to any projects; provided that pursuant to section 101-5, the agency may take and acquire any estate less than a fee simple estate in lands whenever it appears that the purposes of this section shall be best achieved and promoted by the taking.

Where the redevelopment plan for the project makes provision for the development of housing facilities for rent, the agency shall sell, lease, or sublease the land or the completed development to qualified developers or nonprofit sponsors for use in accordance with the redevelopment plan. The sale, lease, or sublease shall be made at a fair value reflecting the restrictions imposed on developers and covenants running with the project land, including restrictions on rent ceilings and modification thereof which the agency may impose by regulation for a period up to thirty years for the development in order to achieve private ownership and operation of the properties at a reasonable profit while providing for rentals which displaced families can afford.

Where the redevelopment plan for the project makes provision for the subdivision and development of the land for single family dwelling units for sale to the displaced families, the agency shall sell the land or the completed development to qualified developers or nonprofit sponsors for development and use in accordance with the redevelopment plan. The sale shall be made at a fair value reflecting the restrictions imposed on developers and covenants running with the project lands to limit the price of sale thereof, the prices which displaced families can afford while permitting developers a reasonable profit therefrom, and preventing speculative resale thereof by purchasers and their assigns.

All developers of auxiliary redevelopment projects authorized by this section shall be entitled to claim exemption or relief from taxes as provided by section 53-38 for all project lands and improvements providing for housing facilities for rent to families displaced from public projects or from disaster areas. [L 1957, c 101, §1; am L 1959, c 45, §1; am L Sp 1960, c 5, §4; am 1965, c 101, §1(k); Supp, §143-20.1; am L 1967, c 168, §1; HRS §53-21; am L 1974, c 137, §1]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-20.1 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-20.1
County ownership of sewer transmission lines and facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands.
Status: in_force

(a) All sewer transmission lines and other sewerage facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands existing on [July 7, 2014,] that were developed, constructed, operated, improved, or maintained by a county, or for which a county otherwise has an obligation to operate, improve, repair, maintain, or replace, are confirmed to be owned by the county in which the sewer lines and facilities are located, including those lines and facilities located on Hawaiian home lands.

(b) Upon demand by the department of Hawaiian home lands, each county shall accept the license or dedication and ownership of any and all sewer transmission lines and other sewerage facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands and that are not subject to subsection (a), as may be identified by the department of Hawaiian home lands; provided that:

(1) Any sewer lines or other sewerage facilities:

(A) Not subject to subsection (a);

(B) Existing before July 7, 2014; and

(C) That the appropriate county determines are not in substantial compliance with environmental laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the dedication or license of the sewers to the counties at the time of their construction,

shall be brought into compliance with those laws, rules, and regulations by the department of Hawaiian home lands before acceptance by the county; provided further that all sewer transmission lines and related sewerage facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands brought into compliance shall be accepted by a county within sixty days after the receipt by the appropriate county agency of a completed application for maintenance request; and

(2) Sewer transmission lines and other sewerage facilities completed after July 7, 2014, shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and county environmental, design, and construction requirements before acceptance by a county.

(c) Each county shall operate, improve, repair, maintain, and replace, as necessary, the sewer transmission lines and other sewerage facilities that are subject to subsection (a) or (b).

(d) No county shall abandon or terminate the service of sewer transmission lines and other sewerage facilities subject to this section without the approval of the department of Hawaiian home lands; provided that the department shall not unreasonably withhold approval if abandonment or termination is necessary. If sewer transmission lines or other sewerage facilities are abandoned or terminated, the appropriate county shall make alternate sewer transmission lines and other facilities available to service the affected Hawaiian home lands. [L 2014, c 227, §2; am L 2025, c 145, §1]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 54-18 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-18
Purchase and sale of waterworks property; contracts.
Status: in_force

The board of water supply may contract for work, and purchase supplies, materials, or equipment, when the cost of the same can be met from the revenues or reserves of the waterworks, or from the proceeds of bonds authorized for the waterworks. All contracts shall be executed in the name of the board and shall be signed by the chairperson or acting chairperson of the board.

The board may sell or otherwise dispose of any buildings, materials, supplies, or equipment, under its control, when no longer used or useful for its purpose; provided that the buildings, materials, supplies, or equipment shall first be offered at its depreciated or market value to the council. All documents of transfer of the buildings and personal property shall be executed in the name of the board and shall be signed by the chairperson or acting chairperson thereof. All proceeds of the sale shall be deposited with the county treasurer and be by the county treasurer placed to the credit of the board. [L 1961, c 155, pt of §1; Supp, §145A-8; HRS §54-18; gen ch 1985, 1993]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 56-1 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-1
Authorization by the council.
Status: in_force

[§56-1 Authorization by the council.] The council of any county may acquire the land for and authorize the improvement, construction, maintenance, repair and operation of public off-street parking facilities within the county. The term "public off-street parking facilities" means and includes land necessary or convenient for public off-street parking, rights-of-way, streets, or alleys necessary or convenient for ingress to or egress from such public off-street parking facilities, buildings, equipment, or any other property necessary or convenient for off-street parking purposes.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-199 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-199
[ §46-199] Rules.
Status: in_force

[ §46-199] Rules. The county may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this part, subject to chapter 91.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 52D-7 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 52D / Section 52D-7
Traffic control surrounding school premises.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief of police shall have charge, direction, and control of all matters relating to preserving and protecting the public health, safety, and welfare on and about the streets surrounding any school. To perform this function, the chief of police shall appoint, train, and compensate traffic monitors to perform such duties as the chief directs. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to diminish the role now performed by the junior police officer program.

(b) The traffic monitors of the respective counties shall be provided with suitable badges or insignia of office, and shall have the duty to assist police officers throughout the State in all matters relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on and about the streets surrounding any public school premises.

(c) The term "traffic monitor" means all persons over the age of eighteen who are appointed, trained, and compensated by the chief of police of each county to perform duties under this section whether called traffic monitors or by any other name or title. [L 1989, c 136, pt of §2]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 47-22 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-22
Garnishee to satisfy judgment.
Status: in_force

If final judgment is rendered against defendant in the action, garnishee shall immediately thereafter draw, sign, and deliver to the plaintiff or plaintiffs a warrant or warrants for the sum held by the garnishee in obedience to service of process; and if the sum does not equal the amount of the final judgment, then the drawing, signing, and delivery of the warrants shall continue to be made from time to time as funds become available until the final judgment, with interest, is fully paid. All warrants so drawn, signed, and delivered shall be charged against the defendant.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-173 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-173
Evidentiary determination; burden of proof.
Status: in_force

A determination that a person has violated this part shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-14 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-14
Agency exempt from real property taxes.
Status: in_force

The redevelopment agency shall be exempt from real property taxes upon any of its land or buildings so long as title is held by it, but not exceeding two years from the date of their acquisition; provided that the tax exemption shall not apply to any land or structure from which the agency is receiving an income.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-86 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-86
Transactions for utility services.
Status: in_force

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the disposal of solid waste by a county or project party is a utility service, but shall not place the county or project party in any way under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission; provided that in the case of a project party, the project party shall not provide any utility services other than the disposal of solid waste or the sales of goods or commodities, including electric energy, produced by the operation of the pollution control project where such sales are made only to registered public utilities, industrial or commercial concerns, or counties or county agencies and not to the general public. If the project party is also a registered public utility, nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the sale of electric energy to the general public.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 50-11 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 50 / Section 50-11
Charter amendment and revision.
Status: in_force

Every charter established under this chapter shall provide means by which the charter may be amended or revised. The provisions for amendment and revision must provide for approval of all amendments and revisions by referendum to the electors of the county. The amendment or revision shall be considered ratified if a majority of the electors voting on the amendment or revision cast their ballots in favor of adoption.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 52D-5 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 52D / Section 52D-5
Powers of chief of police outside own county.
Status: in_force

The chief of police of each county and any duly authorized subordinates shall have and may exercise all powers, privileges, and authority necessary to enforce the laws of the State, in a county other than the county in and for which the chief has been appointed, if:

(1) The exercise of such power, privilege, and authority is required in the pursuit of any investigation commenced within the county in and for which the chief has been appointed; and

(2) The concurrence of the chief of police of the county in which the power, privilege, and authority sought to be exercised is obtained. [L 1989, c 136, pt of §2]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 48E-12 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 48E / Section 48E-12
Validity of special purpose revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

The special purpose revenue bonds bearing the signature or facsimile signature of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all the persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to be officers of the county issuing the bonds. The validity of the special purpose revenue bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the pollution control project for which the special purpose revenue bonds are issued. The ordinance authorizing the special purpose revenue bonds may provide that the special purpose revenue bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-28 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-28
Extent of liability.
Status: in_force

Every bond required or given under the authority of this chapter shall be construed to cover all duties now or hereafter required, prescribed, or defined by any law, or by the appointment or employment of the obligor, and all duties required of the obligor by the terms, provisions, or conditions of any law, or by the obligor's appointment, employment, or position, or by any departmental rule or regulation, or by any direction, order, or command of the head of the department, office, bureau, or service in question, and all duties and acts undertaken, assumed or performed by the obligor, by virtue or color of the obligor's office, appointment, or employment, and all the duties and acts shall be considered to have been undertaken, assumed, performed, or done as the case may be by specific requirement of statute, whether the obligor undertaking, assuming, performing, or doing any such duty or act, is designated, described, named in, or recognized by any statute or not. No surety shall be released or relieved from liability upon any bond by reason of the fact that the office, appointment, employment, or position, held, occupied, assumed, or undertaken by the obligor is not specifically named in or recognized by any statute, or by reason of the fact that any or all of the duties or acts undertaken, assumed, or performed by the obligor by virtue or color of the obligor's office, appointment, employment, or position are not specifically required, defined, or prescribed by any statute or departmental rule or regulation made under the express or implied authority of any statute.

No bond shall be held void for any formal defects therein. [L 1915, c 67, §3; RL 1925, §2172; RL 1935, §2312; RL 1945, §6003; RL 1955, §138-3; HRS §46-28; gen ch 1985]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-11 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-11
Federal flood insurance.
Status: in_force

The Hawaii tourism authority in regard to the convention center district and the mayor or executive officer and the council of the various counties, in regard to the respective counties, may participate and apply on behalf of their respective district and counties for flood insurance coverage pursuant to any applicable provisions of Public Law 1016, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, (70 Stat. 1078). The Hawaii tourism authority, in regard to the convention center district, and the mayor or executive officer and the council of the various counties, in regard to the respective counties, shall be vested with the functions, powers, and duties which are necessary to enable their respective district and counties to qualify, participate, and apply for the flood insurance coverage.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 52D-10 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 52D / Section 52D-10
Disposition of found, stolen, or unclaimed property.
Status: in_force

Each chief of police, on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July, shall give the county director of finance a sworn statement listing all moneys (except money found), goods, wares, and merchandise in the chief's custody which have been unclaimed for a period of not less than ninety days. At least annually, the chief of police shall give public notice to the public, once a week for four successive weeks in the county (and may also give notice by posting in conspicuous places), that, unless claimed by an owner with satisfactory proof of ownership, the goods, wares, and merchandise listed will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. On the day and at the place specified in the notice, all property still unclaimed, except money and found property, shall be sold by auction by or under the direction of the chief of police. Any unclaimed goods, wares, or merchandise of a perishable nature or which are unreasonably expensive to keep or safeguard, may be sold at public auction or by any commercially reasonable manner, at a time and after notice that the chief of police deems proper and reasonable under the circumstances. The chief of police, immediately after the sale of any property in accordance with this section, shall pay to the director of finance of the county all moneys remaining unclaimed and all moneys received upon the sale.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 52D-4 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 52D / Section 52D-4
Ex officio coroner.
Status: in_force

Where there is no other county medical examiner, the chief of police or any duly authorized subordinate shall be ex officio county coroner. An ex officio county coroner shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of coroner, within that county, as provided by law.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 49-23 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-23
Consent of state agencies.
Status: in_force

It shall not be necessary for any county proceeding under this chapter to obtain any certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization from any bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality of the State in order to acquire, construct, purchase, reconstruct, improve, better, extend, maintain, and operate an undertaking or undertake the establishment of loan programs, but the powers and duties of the bureau, board, commission, or instrumentality shall continue as heretofore.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 54-65 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-65
Agreements for joint use of utilities.
Status: in_force

The board of water supply may enter into such arrangements and agreements as it deems proper for the joint use with any other person, firm, or corporation owning the same or having jurisdiction of the same, of poles, conduits, towers, stations, aqueducts, and reservoirs for the operation of any of the properties under its jurisdiction.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-15.5 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-15.5
Cooperation by state departments.
Status: in_force

All state departments, including the departments of human services and health, shall cooperate with the counties with respect to administrative inspections conducted under section 46-15.4, by providing information:

(1) Regarding probable violations of the conditions of a license under section 445-95;

(2) Regarding the probable operation of a lodging or tenement house, group home, group residence, group living arrangement, hotel, boardinghouse, or restaurant; or

(3) That may be used to satisfy the probable cause requirement of section 46-15.4. [L 1987, c 333, pt of §1; am L 1989, c 261, §3]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 49-12 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-12
Lien and charge of revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions, all revenue bonds of the same issue, subject to the prior and superior rights of outstanding revenue bonds, claims, or obligations, shall have a prior and paramount lien and charge on the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the payment thereof, of the undertaking or loan program for which the revenue bonds have been issued, over and ahead of all bonds of any issue payable from the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, which may be subsequently issued and over and ahead of any claims or obligations of any nature against the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, subsequently arising or subsequently incurred. All revenue bonds of the same issue shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, of sale, of execution, or of delivery, by a lien and charge on the revenue or user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the payment thereof, in accordance with this chapter and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the revenue bonds.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-113 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-113
Cumulative effect.
Status: in_force

Neither this part nor anything contained in this part shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power which a county might otherwise have under any law of this State, but shall be construed as cumulative. The authorization granted may be carried out by the county council acting at any regular or special meeting.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-12 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-12
Cleaning shores and beaches of seaweed, limu, and debris.
Status: in_force

The various counties shall be responsible for removing and clearing all seaweed, limu, and debris which are likely to create an unsanitary condition or to otherwise become a public nuisance from the shores and beaches situated within the respective counties; provided that to the extent any of the foregoing work is a private responsibility, the responsibility may be enforced by the county in lieu of the work being done at public expense.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-36 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-36
Authority of counties to engage in the process of managed competition; established.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the approval of the governor and the respective mayor of the county, the agency designated by the mayor with the responsibility to oversee the managed process for public-private competition for government services shall:

(1) Assist the mayor in formulating the county's philosophy for public collective bargaining and for the managed process for public-private competition for government services, including which particular service can be provided more efficiently, effectively, and economically considering all relevant costs; and

(2) Coordinate and negotiate the terms and conditions or the managed competition process on behalf of the county with exclusive representatives of affected public employees and private contractors.

(b) If a county executes a contract with a private contractor pursuant to the managed competition process authorized under this section, the county may use the layoff provisions of the civil service laws and the respective collective bargaining contracts to release employees displaced from their positions by the managed competition process. Prior to implementing any layoff provision of the civil service laws or a collective bargaining contract, the county shall use its resources for placing, retraining, and providing voluntary severance incentives for displaced employees. Methods that may be used to minimize or avoid the adverse effects of an agency's decision to secure needed services from contractors may include:

(1) Coordination with the private service provider awarded the contract under this section to continue a displaced employee's employment as an employee of the contractor;

(2) Reassignment to another civil service position the employee is qualified to fill;

(3) Retraining to qualify the employee for reassignment; and

(4) Severance incentives.

(c) As used in this section, "managed competition" means the process established in this section by which the county and a private contractor compete to provide government services. [L 2001, c 90, §3; am L 2002, c 106, §1]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-59 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-59
Coordinator, duties and powers.
Status: in_force

The coordinator shall among other things:

(1) Prepare and submit to the council data and recommendations necessary or proper to enable the council to adopt a workable program best calculated to meet the requirements of this chapter and the needs of the county in relation to the workable program.

(2) Prepare and submit to the council from time to time additional data and recommendations for improving and rendering more effective and efficient the workable program and its operation.

(3) Consult with any department, board, commission, agency, entity, or officer of the State or any political subdivision thereof, or of the government of the United States, and with any other persons, firms, corporations, or private entities which might be affected by the workable program, or might contribute to the successful operation of the same, and make recommendations to the council and to them for coordinating their functions and operations to the extent feasible in order to integrate all related activities into a unified program best calculated to achieve the objectives of urban renewal as set forth in this chapter and in the laws of the United States relating to urban renewal.

(4) Perform such functions and activities as may be necessary or proper for coordinating the activities or carrying out the workable program as adopted or amended from time to time by the council, and perform such other related functions and activities as may be granted or authorized to be delegated to the coordinator by the council pursuant to this chapter.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the council may grant to the coordinator duties and powers concurrent with those of other county departments, boards, commissions, agencies, or officers, necessary or proper, in the judgment of the council, to enable the coordinator to achieve the most effective coordination of the activities in the operation of the workable program; but nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impair or reduce the authority or jurisdiction of any existing department, board, commission, agency, or officer. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-59; am L 1959, c 226, §2; am L 1961, c 112, §3; HRS §53-59; gen ch 1985]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 50-14 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 50 / Section 50-14
Appropriations and disbursements.
Status: in_force

The county legislative body shall appropriate sufficient funds for the compensation of the charter commission members, their necessary expenses, and for the effective operation of the commission including amounts necessary for hiring staff members and consultants and for defraying other reasonable expenses of the commission. The moneys shall be disbursed by the county as prescribed by law.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 48E-3 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 48E / Section 48E-3
Compliance with state and local law.
Status: in_force

The financing of any pollution control project under this chapter shall not relieve any project party or other user of such project from compliance with all laws, ordinances, and rules and regulations of the State and county or any departments or boards thereof with respect to the construction, operation, and maintenance of pollution control projects, compliance with master plans or zoning laws or regulations, obtaining of building permits, compliance with building and health codes and other laws, ordinances, or rules and regulations of similar nature pertaining to the project, and such laws shall be applicable to such project party or such other user to the same extent they would be if the costs of the pollution control project were directly financed by the project party.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 47-10 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-10
CUSIP numbers.
Status: in_force

Unless the governing body shall otherwise direct, the director of finance of the county in the director's discretion, may provide that CUSIP identification numbers shall be imprinted on bonds issued under the authority of this chapter. In the event the numbers are imprinted on any bonds:

(1) No number shall constitute a part of the contract evidenced by the particular bond upon which it is imprinted; and

(2) No liability shall attach to the county or any officer or agent thereof, including any fiscal agent, paying agent, or registrar for the bonds, by reason of the numbers or any use made thereof, including any use thereof made by the county, any officer or any agent, or by reason of any inaccuracy, error or omission with respect thereto or in any use. Unless the governing body shall otherwise direct, the director of finance, in the director's discretion, may require that all cost of obtaining and imprinting the numbers shall be paid by the purchasers of the bonds. For the purposes of this section, the term "CUSIP identification numbers" means the numbering system adopted by the Committee for Uniform Security Identification Procedures formed by the Securities Industry Association. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §2]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 47-7 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-7
Details of bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of finance of the county, upon authorization of its governing body, may issue from time to time and in accordance with this chapter, bonds of the county authorized for issuance by the governing body thereof. All bonds issued under authority of this chapter:

(1) Shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding a rate or rates established by ordinance enacted by the governing body of the county payable at such time or times;

(2) Shall mature and be payable at such time or times from the date of the issue thereof as will comply with the provisions of the Constitution of the State;

(3) May be made payable as to both principal and interest at such place or places and in such manner within and without the State;

(4) May be issued in coupon form without privilege of registration or registrable as to principal only or as to both principal and interest or in fully registrable form without coupons;

(5) May be made registrable at such place or places within and without the State; and

(6) May be subject to redemption, to being tendered for purchase or to being purchased prior to their stated maturity at the option of the county, the holder or either or both.

(b) Unless the governing body shall itself perform the actions, the director of finance shall determine:

(1) The date, denomination or denominations, interest payment dates, maturity date or dates, place or places of payment, registration privileges and place or places of registration, redemption price or prices and time or times and terms and conditions and method of redemption;

(2) The rights of the holder to tender for purchase and the price or prices and time or times and terms and conditions upon which those rights may be exercised;

(3) The rights to purchase and price or prices and the time or times and terms and conditions upon which those rights may be exercised and the purchase may be made;

(4) Whether to acquire such policies of insurance and enter into such banking arrangements on such terms as the director of finance may deem necessary or desirable in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, without limitation, credit or liquidity support facilities and interest rate swaps, swaptions, interest rate floors or caps and other similar contracts to hedge or reduce the amount or duration of payment, rate, spread or similar risk or to reduce the cost of borrowing when used in conjunction with the bonds; and

(5) All other details of bonds issued under this chapter.

The principal of and interest and premium, if any, on all bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §2; am L 2003, c 38, §1]
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-19.7 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-19.7
Individual shower control valves required.
Status: in_force

Every county building code shall require that all showers in new dwelling units shall be equipped with individual shower control valves of the pressure balance or the thermostatic mixing valve type unless the temperature of the water serving the showers is limited to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The requirements of this section shall be applicable to building permits issued after December31, 1992.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-1.7 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1.7
Retention of emergency 911 recordings.
Status: in_force

Each county public safety answering point shall retain recordings of all emergency 911 telephone calls and radio dispatches for a period of not less than one year.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 49-24 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-24
Validation of proceedings.
Status: in_force

All proceedings heretofore taken with respect to the contracting of revenue bonded indebtedness and the issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of revenue bonds by or on behalf of the county, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in any of those proceedings or in the issuance, execution, sale, or delivery, and the bonds so issued or to be issued are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of the county.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 53-30 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 53 / Section 53-30
Income debentures.
Status: in_force

With the approval of the redevelopment agency, the articles of association, or amended articles, may authorize the issuance of income debenture certificates bearing no greater interest than six per cent a year. The income debenture certificates and any instrument under which they are issued may contain other provisions, including provisions for amortization by serial maturities, through the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise, which may be approved by the agency.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 56-2 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-2
Methods of financing.
Status: in_force

[§56-2 Methods of financing.] The council of any county may finance the acquisition, improvement or construction of off-street parking facilities in the same manner as is permissible for any other type of public improvement so long as the applicable statutes and ordinances governing the particular method or methods of financing chosen are complied with; provided that if the council decides to finance the acquisition, improvement or construction of any off-street parking facility in whole or in part by the creation of a public off-street parking district in accordance with the county's improvement by assessments ordinance, land owned by or in possession of the United States or any of its agencies or the State or any of its political subdivisions or agencies which cannot lawfully be made subject to assessments against the land within a public off-street parking district, or any other land which in the judgment of the council will not be benefited by the acquisition, improvement or construction of the public off-street parking facility shall not be included within the district; and provided further that land to be acquired for public off-street parking facilities shall not be assessed.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 54-28 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-28
Agreement for joint use of utilities.
Status: in_force

The board of water supply may enter into such arrangements and agreements as it deems proper for the joint use with any other person owning the same, or having jurisdiction of the same, of poles, conduits, towers, stations, aqueducts, and reservoirs for the operation of any of the properties under its jurisdiction.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-192 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-192
[ §46-192] County emergency medical services system; establishment.
Status: in_force

[ §46-192] County emergency medical services system; establishment. Each county shall establish, administer, and maintain a county emergency medical services system to serve the emergency health needs of the people in the county. The county, in the implementation of this part, shall plan, coordinate, and provide assistance to all entities and agencies, public and private, involved in the county system. All emergency medical services or ambulance services conducted by or under the authority of the county shall be consistent with this part.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46
‑14.
Status: in_force

§46‑14.5 Land use density and infrastructure; low-income rental units. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the counties are authorized to provide flexibility in land use density provisions and public facility requirements to encourage the development of any rental housing project where at least a portion of the rental units are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median family income, of which twenty per cent are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below eighty per cent of the area median family income.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 54-19 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-19
Construction, additions, extensions, increases, betterments, and improvements.
Status: in_force

The board of water supply shall locate and determine the character and type of all construction and additions, extensions, increases, betterments, and improvements to the waterworks, and shall determine the policy for construction or the making of additions, extensions, increases, betterments, and improvements out of any public funds under its jurisdiction.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 46-142.5 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-142.5
School impact districts; new building permit requirements.
Status: in_force

[§46-142.5 School impact districts; new building permit requirements.] No new residential development in a designated school impact district under chapter 302A shall be issued a residential building permit or condominium property regime building permit until the department of education provides written confirmation that the permit applicant has fulfilled its school impact fee requirements. This section shall only apply to new dwelling units.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 47-46 — HI Code / Division 1 / Title 6 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-46
Disputed ownership.
Status: in_force

If there are two or more claimants claiming adversely, each to the other or others, to be the owner in due course of a bond, coupon, or both, as the case may be, alleged to have been lost, stolen, destroyed, or defaced, the director of finance, in the director's discretion, may require the claimants, if not within the State, to appoint agents within the State to accept service of process, or otherwise to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State, and may bring suit on behalf of the State in any circuit court against the claimants, by interpleader, for the determination of the claimant or claimants entitled to the payment of the bond, coupon, or both, as the case may be. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the designated circuit court to hear and determine, without a jury, the suits and to determine whether any of the claimants is entitled to the payment, and, if so, which of the claimants is so entitled; provided that no such judicial determination shall dispense with the condition prescribed by section 47-45 requiring a surety bond before the payment of the claims. The cost of the suit shall be borne by the claimants and the court may decree the payment of such costs by any of the unsuccessful claimants, or the apportionments thereof, as may be deemed just. The decision of the court may be appealed to the intermediate appellate court, subject to chapter 602, in the manner provided for civil appeals from the circuit court.