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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 20-47 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO COLLECTION OF FEES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this amendment is to implement new payment methods for commercial haulers to ensure that payments due are made in a timely manner. Furthermore, the grace period before which a finance charge is implemented is reduced from sixty days to thirty days for all overdue collections, not just those overdue collections owed by commercial haulers. SECTION 2. Chapter 20, article 4, section 20-47 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: "Section 20-47. Collection of fees. (a) [All charges shall be collected by the solid waste division of the department. Billings shall be made monthly. Payments are due before the end of the month following the month in which charges arc incurred. A finance charge of one and one half percent monthly (annual rate of eighteen percent) shall be charged on all balances which are sixty or more days overdue. In addition to this, access to County solid waste facilities may be denied until the account is current.] All payments, interest, and collateral shall be collected by the solid waste division of the department. (b) Payment in full for each billing statement is due before the thirtieth calendar day from the day the bill is rendered. Each billing statement shall identify the thirtieth day when the payment is due. (1) A finance charge of one and one-half percent monthly (annual interest of eighteen percent) shall be charged on all balances beginning on the thirty-first day from the day the billing statement is rendered for any past due amounts.