HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 077 Draft 01 2014-2016Meeting: Finance Committee — August 18, 2015
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Re: Bill 77 : Comm. 421 (2014-2016 term)
COUNTY OF HAWAII
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ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 77
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 36, SECTION 2-181 OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE
GEOTHERMAL RELOCATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS FUND.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 36, section 2-181 of the Hawaii County Code
1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 2-181. Expenditures from fund.
The proceeds from the fund shall be used for the necessary expenses in administering and
carrying out the purposes of the geothermal relocation and community benefits program. A
minimum balance of $1,000,000 shall be maintained in the fund for expenditures relating to
geothermal relocation. Expenditures relating to the geothermal relocation and community
benefits program include, but are not limited to:
(1) The costs of any necessary appraisals required under this program;
(2) The payment of necessary fees and expenses;
(3) The costs for the purchase of an affected dwelling and property in accordance with this
chapter, if necessary;
(4) The costs necessary to dispose of or rent affected dwelling and property; [ate]
(5) Expenditures for public purposes including road improvement, water infrastructure,
land acquisition, parks and recreational facility needs, civil defense, and mass transit
improvements.
(A) Funds shall be expended in Lower Puna, which is defined as extending from
Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision to Kalapana and including Orchidland
Estates, Ainaloa, Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaiian Shores, Kapoho, Pahoa,
Nanawale, Leilani Estates, and other communities proximate to Pahoa.
(B) Expenditures under this subsection shall be made in accordance with
appropriations adopted by the Hawaii County Council after receiving
recommendations from the planning director[.]; and
The costs for staff expenses related to the program, including salaries for staff or
contractors and related fringe benefits."
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken 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 approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
CC�CIL .MBF.R, COM I Y OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of lst Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. G21