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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 312
(Draft 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE 4, OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO SEWER SERVICE
CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L
SECTTON Chapter 21, Article 4, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995
Edition) is amended by amending Section 21-32 to read as follows:
Section 21-32. Billing of charges; payment; late penalty.
(a) The sewer service charge levied pursuant to this chapter shall be collected by the
director of finance or any bank designated by the wastewater division as an agent
for collection. Billings for sewer service charges of nonresidential [and
.
°°ti~al] users shall be processed monthly or bimonthly in accordance with the
department of water supply billing cycle. Billing for single{-€an3il}=] unit and
[dayle*] multi-unit residential users shall be processed monthly or
bimonthly. All flat rate billings will be based on a per unit basis for the entire
month without any deduction or proration even if less than the entire month is
used.
(b) Payment shall be [m°a~a~ due thirty days after [hi-llir~] date of bill. A ten
percent penalty shall be imposed upon accounts that are sixty or more days
overdue. In addition, interest at the rate of one percent per month shall be
imposed upon the outstanding balance for all accounts that are sixty or more dates
overdue.
(c) Charges for sewer service shall be billed to the a~~°-'-~~--«
r.. ,.«e.- ,.«we~..:^e ..^.:rva : «~,oj owner or owners of
the lot, parcel of land, building or premises, [ herein
referred to as Che"property") to which the services are provided. If requested by
the owner, the department will bill a tenant or other individual designated (herein,
referred to as the"designated person"1 by the owner. Such request shall be in
writing and si ng ed by all parties involved, including all property owners and the
designated person. The property owners and the designated person shall be
jointly and severally liable for the entire sewer service charge without further
notice of any delinquency to the progerty owners.
(d) [User fees collected from lots that were classified under accessible but under the
revised definition are now classified as not accessible shall be reimbursed for the
amount collected.] Sewer service charges levied shall be a debt due to the county.
If this debt is not paid within sixty days after it shall be due and payable, it shall
be deemed delinquent and maybe recovered by the county by a civil action filed
against the property owners, or the designated person, or both. Any judgment
against the property owners or responsible parties shall be filed with the Bureau
of Conveyances. As used herein, "person" means any individual, partnership, co-
partnership, firm, company, limited liability compan~rporation, association,
joint stock company, trust estate, government entity, or any other legal entity, and
their le ag 1 representatives, agents, and successors and assigns.
SECTION 2. Material to be deleted is bracketed. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or applications of the ordinance, which can be given effect
without the invalid provision, or application, and to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY' I ~ ~
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COUNCIL MEMBE ,COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE: Comm. 731.1