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o.,,,~ <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> •Ji <br /> ~ <br /> ~~+r <br /> h~0~ ~Mr <br /> O6 i22BILL NO. 313 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 5, DIVISION 2, HAWAII <br /> COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE <br /> ELECTRICAL CODE. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L• <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The County council finds that residents with unpermitted <br /> construction work within the County of Hawaii may want to legalize their buildings. <br /> Consequently, this bill would create an amnesty period, beginning October 1, 2006 through <br /> September 30, 2007, during which time, owners of unpermitted buildings may bring their <br /> structures into compliance with the County electrical code without penalty. During this amnesty <br /> period, owners of unpermitted buildings completed prior to January 1, 2006, may apply for a <br /> permit to bring their buildings in compliance with chapter 9, the County electrical code. Owners <br /> who secure a permit, pursuant to this amnesty program, who otherwise comply with all <br /> provisions of the County electrical code, will be exempt from all civil and criminal penalties <br /> pursuant to sections 9-6 and 9-41 that might otherwise be imposed for constructing a structure <br /> without an electrical permit. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 9, article 5, division 2, Hawaii County Code 1983, (2005 Edition, <br /> as amended) is amended by adding a new section 9.41.1 to read as follows: <br /> "Section 9-41.1. Amnesty Period. <br /> (a) For the period beginning October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007, persons <br /> may apply for electrical permits for residential building or farm structures completed before <br /> January 1, 2006 without proper electrical Hermits. These special circumstance Hermits shall be <br /> called "amnesty permits." Only persons eligible to obtain apermit, pursuant to section 9-35, <br /> <br /> may apply for an amnestypermit. <br /> (b) Amnesty Hermit holders will be exempt from all civil and criminal penalties <br /> <br /> pursuant to sections 9-6 and 9-41, that might otherwise be imposed for constructine a structure <br /> <br /> without an electricalpermit, if they otherwise comply will all applicable provisions of the <br /> <br /> County electrical code, as well as the following listed conditions: <br /> (1) An application for an electrical permit, that satisfies the requirements of <br /> the County electrical code, shall be submitted within the amnestyperiod; <br /> and <br /> <br />