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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 312
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE 4, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY
CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO SEWER SERVICE CHARGES.
BF 1T ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L•
SECTION I. Chapter 21, Article 4, Section 21-32, 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 [ate-reside] users shall be
processed monthly or bimonthly in accordance with the department of water supply
billing cycle. Billing for single [€a~y] unit and [~#e~] multi-unit residential
[~s~ users shall be processed monthly orbimonthly. [ r'°'
(b) Payment shall be ;i„] due thirty days after date of bill [t~-fey-}~eFSe~
] In
addition interest at the rate of one and one-halt percent per month shall be imposed upon
the outstanding balance for all accounts that are f ~ past due.
(c) Charges for sewer service shall be billed to the [
> > ^^.:F°a ~ owner or owners of the lot,
parcel of land, building or premises, [ (herein, referred to as the
"property"1 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 with a copy to the owner if so requested. Such request shall be in
writing and signed by all parties involved including all property owners and the
deli =n~, ated person.
(d) [User fees collected from lots that were classified under accessible but under the revised
definition arc now classited 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 of the initial billing dateLt shall be deemed delinquent and
may be recovered by the county by a civil action filed a ai~nst the designated ep rson.
And iud~ment against the desi
ng ated person shall be filed with the Bureau of Conve a~ nces.
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 le
ag 1 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 [ on October 1, 2005.
INTRODUCED BY:
E , C O HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
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