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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 312
(Draft 4)
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 HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Article 4, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995
Edition) is amended by amending Section 2]-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 [end
residentsal] users shall be processed monthly or bimonthly in accordance with the
department of water supply billing cycle. Billing for single{-€amsly] unit and
[deplex] multi-unit residential users shall be processed monthly or
bimonthly. [
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(b) Payment shall be [~n.n.] due thirty days after [f"'] date of bill. A ten
percent penalty shall be imposed upon accounts that are [
everdue] ast due. In addition, interest at the rate of one percent per month shall
be imposed upon the outstanding balance for all accounts that are (~srm;~r-..ore
dens-ever~tt~] past due.
(c) Charges for sewer service shall be billed to the [
or.. „i°..~ ..^.:~:°a : owner or owners of
the lot, parcel of land, building or premises, ] herein
referred to as the "propertv") 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") by the owner. Such request shall be in
writing and si ng ed by all parties involved, including all propertv owners and the
desi ng ated person. The propertv owners and the designated person shall be
iointly and severally liable for the entire sewer service charge without further
notice of an d~quency to the property owners.
(d) [User tees 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 when due, it shall be deemed delinuuent and may be
recovered by the county by a civil action filed against the property owners or the
desi ng ated person, or both. Any jud mg ent 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 company, corporation, association, joint stock
company, trust estate, government entity, or any other legal entity, and their legal
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 he severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect [open-its-appre~al} on Julv
1, 2005.
INTRODUCE~D~BY: ~~1,-
C CI ME ER HAWAI'1
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
-°''.5~ilc: Comm. 731.3