Chapter 12 Improvements by Assessments

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§ 12-30H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE Section 12-30. Amended assessments upon consolidation or subdivision. (a) For purposes of this section 12-30: (1) “Subdivide,” “subdivision,” and “subdividing” shall refer to the subdividing of an assessment unit pursuant to chapter 23, Hawai‘i County Code, or the subjection of real property to a condominium property regime pursuant to chapter 514A, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (2) “Consolidate,” “consolidation,” and “consolidating” shall refer to the consolidation of more than one assessment unit into a single assessment unit. (b) In the event that an assessment unit previously assessed is subsequently subdivided, the assessments previously levied against such original assessment unit shall be divided pro rata among the resulting assessment units in accordance with the original method of assessment, subject to section 12-30(c). (c) In the event of an increase in the number of assessment units within an improvement district resulting from subdivision, annexation, or otherwise, if so provided in the resolution establishing the improvement district in which such assessment units are located, the department of finance, within sixty days following receipt of notification by the planning department of such approved subdivision, annexation, or other action establishing a new assessment unit or units within the improvement district, shall reallocate the outstanding assessments within the improvement district among the assessment units subject to such outstanding assessments, including the resulting new assessment units. (d) In the event that two or more assessment units previously assessed are subsequently consolidated, the total assessments previously levied against such original assessment units shall be levied against the resulting assessment unit. (1983 CC, c 12, art 3, sec 12-30; am 1995, ord 95-22, sec 11; am 2001, ord 01-108, sec 1; am 2002, ord 02-82, sec 16.)12-30 Section 12-31. Notice and collection of assessments. The director of finance shall forthwith publish notice of assessment once in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation in the County, and notify the several owners of the assessment units assessed, respectively, by registered letter or certified mail with request for a return receipt, of the several amounts assessed on the respective assessment units and of the date and place the assessments are payable. Such mailed notice shall be addressed to the owners appearing in the records of the real property tax division of the department of finance, County of Hawai‘i, as the addresses appear in the records, or as otherwise known to the director of finance if not shown in the records. The director of finance shall also collect the assessments and set aside all moneys collected in a special fund or funds for the frontage improvement or improvement district, as the case may be. (1983 CC, c 12, art 3, sec 12-31; am 2002, ord 02-82, sec 17.)12-31 Section 12-32. Assessment as lien; order of priority; mistakes or errors. (a) All assessments made pursuant to this chapter shall be a lien against each assessment unit assessed from the date of the first publication of the ordinance 12-24