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COUNTY OF HAWAII ,f` STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. iso ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32 ARTICLES 2, 5 AND 6 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The purpose of this measure is to amend Chapter 32 of the Hawaii County Code regazding required appraisals of properties within community facilities districts established pursuant to such chapter and to clarify the applicability of special taxes under such chapter to certain leasehold and other possessory interests. SECTION 2. Chapter 32, Article 2, Section 32-18, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to the institution of procedures, is amended to read as follows: Sectiou 32-18. Iustitution of Procedures. (a) The procedure for the establishment of a district may be instituted by the council on its own initiative and shall be instituted by the council at its next regulaz meeting for which notice has not yet been given, after receipt by the clerk of a petition requesting the institution of the procedure signed by the landowners owning the requisite portion of the azea of the proposed district, as specified in pazagraph (d) of section 32-19, accompanied by the payment of a fee (if any) which the County determines is necessary to compensate the County for costs expected to be incurred by the County in conducting the procedure to create a district pursuant to this chapter. (b) No district shall be established unless the council finds that [the-sppr~sed egprevel] the establishment of such district is in the public interest. The council's findings shall be final and conclusive.