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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 312
(Draft 8)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2l, ARTICLE 4, OF THE HAWAI`1
COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO SEWER SERVICE
CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION L Chapter 21, Article 4, of the Hawai' i 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
residential] users shall be processed monthly or bimonthly in accordance with the
department of water supply billing cycle. Billing for singl°r] unit and
[dnpl~] multi-unit residential [~sten3ers] users shall be processed monthly or
bimonthly. [
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(b) Payment shall be due thirty days after date of bill [~4-tee
c~verdae-~.] [n addition, interest at the rate of one and one-half 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 [
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the lot, parcel of land, building or premises, [ herein
referred to as the "property') to which the services are provided [f requested by
the owner, the department will bill a tenant or other individual designated (herein,
referred to as the "desi n~person") by the owner. Such request shall be in
writine and signed by all parties involved, includine 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 property owners.
(d) Where a landlord has requested that the department bill a tenant pursuant to
paragraph (c):
(l) the director shall notify the landlord if a tenant's payment is past due; and
(2) the interest on the outstanding balance shall not commence until thirty days
after the department has sent such notice to the landlord of the delinquency.
[User fees collected from lots that were classified under accessible but under the
revised definition are 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 when due, it shall be deemed delinquent and may be
recovered by the count~v a civil action filed against the property owners, or the
deli ~n~ ated person, or both. Anv ludement 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, tinn,
company, limited liability company, corporation, association, ioint 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 be severable.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect on
October I, 2005.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Eftective Date:
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