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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 312 ORDINANCE NO. 06 121 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 2, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE PLUMBING CODE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAPI: SECTION 1. Purpose. The County council finds that residents with unpermitted construction work within the County of Hawaii may want to legalize their buildings. Consequently, this bill would create an amnesty period, beginning October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007, during which time, owners of unpermitted buildings may bring their structures into compliance with the County plumbing code without penalty. During this amnesty period, owners of unpermitted buildings completed prior to January 1, 2006, may apply for a permit to bring their buildings in compliance with chapter 17, the County plumbing code. Owners who secure a permit, pursuant to this amnesty program, who otherwise comply with all provisions of the County plumbing code, will be exempt from all civil and criminal penalties pursuant to sections 17 -9 that might otherwise be imposed for constructing a structure without a plumbing permit. SECTION 2. Chapter 17, article 2, Hawaii County Code 1983, (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a new section 17 -17.1 to read as follows: "Section 17 -17.1. Amnesty Period. (a) For the period beginning October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007, persons may apply for plumbing permits for residential building or farm structures completed before January 1, 2006 without proper plumbing permits. These special circumstance permits shall be called "amnesty permits." Only persons eligible to obtain a permit, pursuant to section 17 -15, may apply for an amnesty permit. (b) Amnesty permit holders will be exempt from all civil and criminal penalties pursuant to section 17.9 that might otherwise be imposed for constructing a structure without a plumbing permit, if they otherwise comply with all applicable provisions of the County plumbing code, as well as the following listed conditions: 1) An application for a nlumbing permit, that satisfies the requirements of the County plumbing code, shall be submitted within the amnesty period; and (2) The unpermitted construction shall be brought into full compliance with the requirements of the County plumbing code, and the permit closed in compliance with the code.