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J+(Y OS M. <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 71 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 5 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY <br /> CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAXES, <br /> LIENS, FORECLOSURES, AND NOTICE. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to reduce the number of years required <br /> to foreclose on a property for delinquent real property taxes from three to two years, thus allowing the <br /> County to sell the foreclosed property at public auction to recoup unpaid taxes,penalties, and various <br /> administrative costs in a timelier manner. This reduction in the holding period also decreases the period <br /> the property is left vacant thereby lessening the potential loss of value due to deterioration in its <br /> condition. Additionally, this ordinance relocates notice requirements previously placed in Section 19-38 <br /> into the appropriate Section 19-40, to ensure that all notice requirements are provided in a single <br /> location. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 19, article 5, section 19-38 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 <br /> edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 19-38. Tax liens; foreclosure without suit [,notiee]. <br /> [All real property on which a lien for taxes exists may be sold by way of <br /> foreclosure without suit by the director, and in case any lien, or any part thereof, has <br /> existed thereon for three y rs, shall be sold by the director at public auction to the <br /> highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy the lien, together with all interest, penalties, costs, and <br /> . nses due or incurred on account of the tax, lien, and sale, the surplus, if any, to be <br /> rendered to the person thereto entitled. The sale shall be held at any public place proper <br /> for sales on execution, after notice published at least once a week for at least four <br /> successive weeks immediately prior thereto in any newspaper with a general circulation <br /> set for the sale. The notice shall also be posted for a like period in at 1 st three <br />