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ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 315
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 42, HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE PUBLIC
ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION FUND.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 42, Section 2 -214, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005
Edition), is amended to read as follows:
Section 2 -214. Public access, open space, and natural resources preservation fund.
(a) A public access, open space, and natural resources preservation fund is hereby
established. This special fund shall be administered and managed by the finance
department.
(b) The fund shall consist of monies from:
(1) The proceeds from the sale of any general obligation bonds, authorized
and issued for the purposes of this article;
(2) Council appropriations for the purposes of this article;
(3) Any source of revenue dedicated by the Hawaii County Charter or the
Hawaii County Code for the purposes of this article; [and]
(4) Grants and private contributions intended for the purposes of this article;
and
(5) Two percent (2 %) of Hawaii County real property tax revenues collected
annually (including penalties).
(c) In adopting each fiscal year's operating budget, the council shall appropriate a
minimum of $250,000 to the public access, open space, and natural resources
/preservation fund.
(1) [\./lavn the une....,.mbe..ed balance in the C.....,1 (exclusive of bond
proceeds) equals er exceeds $5,000,000, ne f..a4a,a.- ,.,a..n4y appropriations
shall b MFIde a.e la„ l anot-e falls below $5,000,000.1
(2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the council from appropriating
amounts in excess of the above minimum amounts to this fund.
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. 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 does not effect 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 its approval.
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Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
RMFERENCE: Comm. 965.2, 1 _,,,t
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawaii
Hilo . Hawai`i
Introduced By:
Stacy K. Higa
Date Introduced:
July 19, 2006
First Reading:
N/A
Published:
N/A
REMARKS:
July 19, 2006 - Close File
Second Reading:
To Mayor:
Returned:
Effective:
Published:
REMARKS:
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
Arakaki
1
Higa
X
Hohmann
X
Holschuh
X
Ikeda
X
Isbell
X
Jacobson
X
Pilago
X
Safarik
X
0
8
1
0
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
Arakaki
Higa
Hoffmann
Holschuh
Ikeda
Isbell
Jacobson
Pilago
Safarik
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as
indicated above.
APPROVED AS TO
FORM AND LEGALITY:
DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL
COUNTY OF HAWAII
Approved/Disapproved
20
MAYOR, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
COUNTY CLERK
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d ay Reference:
C- 965.21 /WAIVED -FC
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