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HI Rev Stat § 46-16.3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-16.3 Regulation of commercial bicycle tours.

  §46-16.3 Regulation of commercial bicycle tours. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of any county may adopt and provide for the enforcement of ordinances regulating commercial bicycle tours on state and county highways, including but not limited to ordinances relating to the number of tours, the number of bicycles within a tour, scheduling of tours, physical spacing of tours, rules of the road, health and safety requirements, equipment maintenance, driver and guide qualifications, driver and guide drug testing, accident procedures and reporting, and financial responsibility requirements. Each county shall follow federal guidelines for commercial bicycle tours that begin from federal or state parks and continue on to state highways.  For the purposes of this section:  "Bicycle tour" includes both guided bicycle tours and unguided bicycle rental operations.  "County highway" has the same meaning as defined in section 264-1.  "State highway" has the same meaning as defined in section 264-1. [L 2007, c 181, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-16.7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-16.7 REPEALED. L 2006, c 38, §29.

 §46-16.7 REPEALED. L 2006, c 38, §29.
HI Rev Stat § 46-17 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-17 Regulation of certain public nuisances.

 §46-17 Regulation of certain public nuisances. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of any county may adopt and provide for the enforcement of ordinances regulating or prohibiting noise, smoke, dust, vibration, or odors which constitute a public nuisance. No such ordinance shall be held invalid on the ground that it covers any subject or matter embraced within any statute or rule of the State; provided that in any case of conflict between a statute or rule and an ordinance, the law affording the most protection to the public shall apply, with the exception that:  (1) An ordinance shall not be effective to the extent that it is inconsistent with any permit for agricultural burning granted by the department of health under authority of chapter 342B, or to the extent that it prohibits, subjects to fine or injunction, or declares to be a public nuisance any agricultural burning conducted in accordance with such a permit; and  (2) An ordinance shall not be effective to the extent that it is inconsistent with any noise rule adopted by the department of health under authority of chapter 342F. [L 1974, c 158, §2; am L 1978, c 120, §1; am L 1994, c 5, §1; am L 1999, c 265, §2] Cross References  Adoption of state community noise code, see §342F-30.5.  Leaf blowers; restrictions, see § §342F-30.8 and 342H-36.5.
HI Rev Stat § 46-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-19 Development of alternative energy resources.

  §46-19 Development of alternative energy resources. Each of the counties may participate in the development of alternative energy resources defined as geothermal, solar, wind, ocean power, biomass and solid wastes in joint venture with an end user or public utility pursuant to a plan for the direct utilization of the energy sources by an end user or public utility; provided that should a joint-venture partner not be available the counties may proceed with the development of alternate energy resources for their own consumption or for the furtherance of a plan for direct utilization by an end user or public utility. [L 1978, c 36, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-19.4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-19.4 Priority permitting process for renewable energy projects.

  §46-19.4 Priority permitting process for renewable energy projects. All agencies shall provide priority handling and processing for all county permits required for renewable energy projects.  For purposes of this section, "agencies" means any executive department, independent commission, board, bureau, office, or other establishment of a county, or any quasi-public institution that is supported in whole or in part by county funds. [L 2007, c 205, §2] Cross References  Other related sections, see § §196-1.5, 201-12.5, 201N-14, and 226-18(c)(10).
HI Rev Stat § 46-19.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-19.6 OLD REPEALED. §46-19.6 County building permits; incorporation of energy and environmental design building standards in project design; priority processing.

  §46-19.6 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1994, c 168, §2.   §46-19.6 County building permits; incorporation of energy and environmental design building standards in project design; priority processing. (a) Each county agency that issues building, construction, or development-related permits shall establish a procedure for the priority processing of a permit application submitted by a private entity for a construction project that incorporates energy and environmental design building standards into its project design. The permit processing procedure shall give priority to private sector permit applicants at no additional cost to the applicant. Any priority permit processing procedure established by a county pursuant to this section shall not imply or provide that any permit application filed under the priority processing procedure shall be automatically approved.  (b) For the purposes of this section:  "Energy and environmental design building standards" means the leadership in energy and environmental design silver or two green globes rating system or another comparable state-approved, nationally recognized, and consensus-based guideline, standard, or system.  "Private entity" means any permit applicant that is not the State, a county, the federal government, or any political subdivision thereof. [L 2006, c 96, §29]
HI Rev Stat § 46-19.7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-19.7 Individual shower control valves required.

  §46-19.7 Individual shower control valves required. 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 December 31, 1992. [L 1991, c 305, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 46-19.8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-19.8 Fire sprinklers; residences.

 [ §46-19.8] Fire sprinklers; residences. Section repealed June 30, 2027. L 2017, c 53, §1. No county shall require the installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers or an automatic fire sprinkler system in:  (1) Any new or existing detached one- or two-family dwelling unit in a structure used only for residential purposes; and  (2) Nonresidential agricultural and aquacultural buildings and structures located outside an urban area; provided that this section shall not apply to new homes that require a variance from access road or firefighting water supply requirements. [L 2012, c 83, § §1, 3]
HI Rev Stat § 46-20 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-20 Regulation of sewerage and wastewater treatment systems.

  §46-20 Regulation of sewerage and wastewater treatment systems. Effective July 1, 1987, counties may implement programs for the regulation of sewerage and wastewater treatment systems in their respective county jurisdictions; except that a county program shall be implemented by that county immediately upon receipt of state funds pursuant to section 27-21.6(5). Each county is authorized to adopt ordinances and rules on the design, construction, and operation of sewerage and treatment systems and shall submit to the director of health, for approval, a full and complete description of the program it proposes to establish and administer under county laws. [L 1985, c 282, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 46-20.1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-20.1 County ownership of sewer transmission lines and facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands.

  §46-20.1 County ownership of sewer transmission lines and facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands. (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 prior to acceptance by the county; 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 prior to 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]
HI Rev Stat § 46-20.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-20.5 Regulation of towing operations.

  §46-20.5 Regulation of towing operations. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of any county may adopt and provide for the enforcement of ordinances regulating towing operations, including but not limited to ordinances relating to rates, equipment standards, hours of operation, storage and safeguarding of towed vehicles, records retention and inspection, insurance requirements, vehicle operator requirements, and tax clearances; provided that an ordinance shall not be effective to the extent that it is inconsistent with any law or department of health rule governing solid waste salvage facilities. [L 2003, c 84, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-20.7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-20.7 County transient accommodations tax.

  §46-20.7 County transient accommodations tax. Each county may establish a transient accommodations tax not to exceed the maximum rate set forth in section 237D-2.5. The county transient accommodations tax shall be in addition to any state transient accommodations tax. A county electing to establish a transient accommodations tax pursuant to this section shall do so by ordinance. [L Sp 2021, c 1, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 46-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-21 REPEALED.

  §46-21 REPEALED. L 1970, c 26, §3.
HI Rev Stat § 46-21.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-21.5 REPEALED.

 §46-21.5 REPEALED. L 1985, c 146, §2.
HI Rev Stat § 46-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-22 Compensation of certain county officials.

 §46-22 Compensation of certain county officials. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each county, including the city and county of Honolulu, by ordinance shall fix the salaries for its officials whose salaries are presently specifically established by statute or ordinance. [L 1965, c 223, §10; Supp, §138-5.5; HRS §46-22] Case Notes  Includes power to amend Honolulu Charter. 50 H. 277, 439 P.2d 206.  Constitutionality of state law prohibiting salary increases of certain county officers and employees upheld. 67 H. 412, 689 P.2d 757.
HI Rev Stat § 46-22.1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-22.1 Salaries of members of council.

  §46-22.1 Salaries of members of council. Any law or county charter to the contrary notwithstanding, effective July 1, 1969, the salaries of the members of the county legislative bodies shall be as follows:  (1) In counties with more than 100,000 population:  Per Year  Chairperson of the council.............. $16,000  Members of the council (each)........... 14,000  (2) In counties with less than 100,000 population:  Chairperson of the council.............. 12,000  Members of the council (each)........... 10,800 [L 1969, c 127, §29; gen ch 1993]
HI Rev Stat § 46-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-23 Salaries of department heads, deputies, assistants; fixed how.

 §46-23 Salaries of department heads, deputies, assistants; fixed how. Salaries of appointive heads of departments and salaries of deputies or assistants of any department, whose head is elected or appointed, shall be fixed by the council of the respective county governments where no other provision is made in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, or any amendatory acts thereto, for fixing the salaries. [L 1951, c 221, §4; RL 1955, §138-6; HRS §46-23]
HI Rev Stat § 46-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-24 Limitation on salary of first deputy or assistant.

 §46-24 Limitation on salary of first deputy or assistant. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the salary of any first deputy or first assistant to the head of any department of the county governments shall not exceed a sum equal to ninety-five per cent of the salary of such department head. [L 1957, c 170, §4; am L 1959, c 255, §10a; am imp L 1965, c 223, pt of §5; Supp, §5-20; HRS §46-24] Attorney General Opinions  Discussed. Att. Gen. Op. 63-47.
HI Rev Stat § 46-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-25 Salaries of county officers and employees; moneys payable into treasury.

 §46-25 Salaries of county officers and employees; moneys payable into treasury. The salaries provided by law for county officers or employees shall be in full compensation for all services rendered, and every officer or employee shall pay all moneys belonging to the county coming into the officer's or employee's hands as such officer or employee, no matter from what source derived or received, into the county treasury within thirty days after receipt of the same. [L 1921, c 8, §1; RL 1925, §2187; RL 1935, §2321; am L 1939, c 242, pt of §1; RL 1955, §138-5; HRS §46-25; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 46-25.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-25.5 Expenses.

  §46-25.5 Expenses. Subject to section 78-32 and procedures prescribed by the director of finance of the county and approved by the mayor, all officers and employees of each county shall be entitled to travel or other necessary expenses in the performance of their official duties as provided by ordinance. [L 1975, c 34, §1; am L 2016, c 158, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 46-26 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-26 Bonds of county officers; form.

 §46-26 Bonds of county officers; form. Every bond required to be given by any officer, deputy, assistant, clerk, or employee, in any department, bureau, office, or service, of any county, shall be made payable to the county, and shall be in such form as the officer with whom the bond is required to be deposited prescribes; provided that no such bond shall be deemed sufficient or be accepted unless the surety thereon is a corporation such as is mentioned in section 78-20. [L 1915, c 67, §1; RL 1925, §2170; RL 1935, §2310; am L 1939, c 242, pt of §1; RL 1945, §6001; am L 1955, c 104, §1; RL 1955, §138-1; HRS §46-26]
HI Rev Stat § 46-27 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-27 Approval of bonds.

 §46-27 Approval of bonds. The sufficiency of the bonds of the members of the several councils and the mayor of the city and county of Honolulu shall be approved by a judge of the circuit court having jurisdiction over or within the county, and all other bonds shall be approved as to sufficiency by the officer with whom the same are required to be deposited. [L 1915, c 67, §2; RL 1925, §2171; RL 1935, §2311; am L 1939, c 242, pt of §1; RL 1945, §6002; RL 1955, §138-2; HRS §46-27]
HI Rev Stat § 46-28 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-28 Extent of liability.

 §46-28 Extent of liability. 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]
HI Rev Stat § 46-29 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-29 Certain notarial powers conferred upon county officers.

 §46-29 Certain notarial powers conferred upon county officers. Wherever by law any affidavit under oath or any statement or other document to be acknowledged is required to be filed with the chief of police, treasurer, director of finance, clerk, or council of any county as a condition to the granting of any license or the performance of any act by any person, or by any county officer, the chief of police, treasurer, director of finance, or clerk, their deputy or deputies, of the county, shall take the oath or acknowledgment, free of charge, keeping records thereof as required by law of notaries public; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any person desiring so to do from making the oath or acknowledgment before any duly authorized notary public, subject to the notary's legal fees therefor. [L 1919, c 9, §1; RL 1925, §2174; am imp L 1932 1st, c 1, pt of §1; RL 1935, §2314; RL 1945, §6005; RL 1955, §138-4; HRS §46-29; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 46-30 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-30 Transfer of civil service personnel on reorganization.

 §46-30 Transfer of civil service personnel on reorganization. Every civil service employee or officer of any county or city and county transferred or appointed to a civil service position as a consequence of the reorganization of any governmental department, board, commission or office or of any bureau, division, or subdivision thereof, shall be continued as a civil service employee or officer, in the position to which the employee or officer is transferred or appointed, without change in civil service status, reduction in salary range, loss of vacation or sick leave allowances, service credits, or other rights and privileges and without the necessity of examination; provided that such employee or officer possesses at the time of the transfer or appointment, the minimum qualification for the position to which the employee or officer is transferred or appointed; provided further that subsequent changes in status may be made pursuant to applicable personnel laws. [L 1961, c 117, §1; Supp, §138-44; HRS §46-30; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 46-31 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-31 Transfer of noncivil service personnel on reorganization.

 §46-31 Transfer of noncivil service personnel on reorganization. Every noncivil service employee or officer of any county or city and county transferred or appointed to a civil service position as a consequence of the reorganization of any governmental department, board, commission, or office or any bureau, division, or subdivision thereof, shall become a civil service employee as of the date of the transfer or appointment without loss of vacation or sick leave allowances, service credits, or other rights and privileges and without the necessity of examination; provided that the employee or officer possesses, at the time of the transfer or appointment, the minimum qualifications for the position to which the employee or officer is transferred or appointed; provided further that subsequent changes in status may be made pursuant to applicable personnel laws. This section shall not apply to provisional, temporary, or contractual employees at the time of reorganization. [L 1961, c 117, §2; Supp, §138-45; HRS §46-31; gen ch 1985]