Title 6, County Organization And Administration

§48E-7 Authorization of special purpose revenue bonds. (a) The governing body of a county, by an ordinance finally enacted by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members to which such governing body is entitled, and by a separate ordinance for each single pollution control p…

§48E-8 Special purpose revenue bond anticipation notes. Whenever the governing body of the county shall have authorized the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds under this chapter, special purpose revenue bond anticipation notes of the county are authorized to be issued in a…

§48E-9 Powers with respect to and security for special purpose revenue bonds. In order to secure the payment of any of the special purpose revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, and interest thereon, or in connection with such bonds, a county shall have the power as to su…

§49-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Board" means any department or board of a county authorized to issue revenue bonds under this chapter. "County" means the city and county of Honolulu and the counties o…

§49-10 Rates, rentals, fees and charges; undertakings and loan programs to be self-sustaining. The governing body issuing revenue bonds pursuant to this chapter shall impose, prescribe and collect, or authorize and require the imposition, prescription and collection of, rates, re…

§49-11 Use of revenue and user taxes of undertaking or loan program. Whenever any revenue bonds have been issued under this chapter for an undertaking or a loan program, the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, from which the revenue bonds are payable and by which …

§49-12 Lien and charge of revenue bonds. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions, all revenue bonds of the same issue, subject to the prior and superior rights of outstanding revenue bonds, claims, or obligations, shall have a prior and paramount lien and charg…

§49-13 Revenue bonds not a general or moral obligation of the county. Unless otherwise provided in this section, revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable solely from and secured by the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the payment ther…

§49-14 Undertaking, loan program, and revenue bonds exempt from taxation. So long as the county owns any undertaking or administers a loan program, the property and revenue of the undertaking or loan program shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxation; provided…

§49-15 Federal tax-exempt status; preference; protection. Revenue bonds issued under this chapter, to the extent practicable, shall be issued so as to comply with requirements imposed by valid federal law providing that the interest on the bonds shall be excluded from gross incom…

§49-16 Revenue bonds legal investments. All public officers and bodies of the State, all political subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, all banks, savings banks, and savings institutions, including building or savings and loan associations, all credit unions, a…

§49-17 Duties of the director of finance. (a) The director of finance shall be the fiscal agent for the payment of all principal and interest, and for the transfer of revenue bonds. The director of finance may appoint other fiscal agents and transfer agents. The director of finan…

§49-18 Investment of reserves, etc. The director of finance may invest any money held as reserves or in sinking funds or not required for immediate disbursement, including proceeds of the revenue bonds, which in the director's judgment are in excess of the amounts necessary for t…

§49-19 Bond anticipation notes. In anticipation of the issuance under this chapter of revenue bonds theretofore authorized by the governing body for an undertaking or a loan program and of the receipt of the proceeds of the bonds, the county, with the approval of the governing bo…

§49-2 Declaration of policy. It is declared to be the policy of the State that any county acquiring, purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, improving, bettering, or extending an undertaking or establishing or administering a loan program pursuant to this chapter shall manage t…

§49-20 Refunding revenue bonds. Whenever the county has any outstanding revenue bonds or general obligation bonds issued for an undertaking or loan program pursuant to section 47-4, and the governing body determines that it will be financially sound and advantageous to the county…

§49-21 General laws applicable. The provisions of part III of chapter 47, relating to lost, stolen, destroyed, or defaced bonds, and to lost, stolen, destroyed, or defaced coupons, to the extent that they are applicable, shall apply to revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapte…

§49-22 Consent of another county. No county shall construct an undertaking or administer a loan program wholly or partly within the corporate limits of another county except with the consent of the governing body of the other county. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

§49-23 Consent of state agencies. It shall not be necessary for any county proceeding under this chapter to obtain any certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization from any bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality of …

§49-24 Validation of proceedings. All proceedings heretofore taken with respect to the contracting of revenue bonded indebtedness and the issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of revenue bonds by or on behalf of the county, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed…

§49-25 Construction of chapter. The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law or charter. The undertaking may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, and extended, and the loan p…

§49-3 Additional powers of counties. (a) In addition to the powers that it may now have, any county under this chapter may: (b) The governing body of the county in determining the cost may include: (c) Subject to the approval of the governing body, or in counties with a populatio…

§49-4 Authorization of undertaking, loan program and revenue bonds; details of revenue bonds. (a) The acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of any undertaking or the establishment and administration of a loan program may be aut…

§49-5 Sale of revenue bonds. (a) The director of finance may make such arrangements as may be necessary or proper for the sale of each issue of revenue bonds or part thereof as are issued under this chapter, including, without limitation, arranging for the preparation and printin…

§49-6 Form and execution of revenue bonds. (a) Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be in such form as the governing body may determine, shall be lithographed or engraved, shall be manually signed by the director of finance or deputy director of finance, shall be counter…

§49-7 CUSIP numbers. The governing body issuing revenue bonds pursuant to this chapter, in its discretion, may provide that CUSIP identification numbers shall be imprinted on the revenue bonds. In the event such numbers are imprinted on any revenue bonds (1) no CUSIP number shall…

§49-8 Support facility for variable rate revenue bonds. If revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are issued bearing interest at a rate or rates which vary from time to time and with a right of holders to tender the revenue bonds for purchase, the governing body may author…

§49-9 Covenants in resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter may contain covenants including but not limited to:

§50-1 Applicability. All counties which do not have a charter and all counties which have a charter may create a charter commission as provided herein. No provision of this chapter shall be held to alter or restrict any provision of any existing charter, except as hereinafter spe…

§50-10 Publication and submission to electors. The county clerk shall provide for the submission of the proposed charter with any alternatives, as provided by section 50-9, to the qualified electors of the county for approval at a general election or special election to be held o…

§50-11 Charter amendment and revision. Every charter established under this chapter shall provide means by which the charter may be amended or revised. The provisions for amendment and revision must provide for approval of all amendments and revisions by referendum to the elector…

§50-12 Tenure of commission. The terms of office of the members of the charter commission shall expire on the day after the election at which the proposed charter is submitted to the qualified electors of the county for approval, unless earlier terminated as provided in section 5…

§50-13 Compensation of commission members. Members of the charter commission shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of $1,000 each, and shall be reimbursed by the county for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. [L 1963, c 73, pt …

§50-14 Appropriations and disbursements. The county legislative body shall appropriate sufficient funds for the compensation of the charter commission members, their necessary expenses, and for the effective operation of the commission including amounts necessary for hiring staff…

§50-15 Reserved powers. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, there is expressly reserved to the state legislature the power to enact all laws of general application throughout the State on matters of concern and interest and laws relating to the fiscal powers of the co…

§50-2 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "County" or "counties" means the city and county of Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. "Legislative body of the county" means the county council. [L 1…

§50-3 Charter commissions. The mayor of each county may appoint successive charter commissions with the approval of the legislative body of the county. The commission shall consist of eleven members, one of whom shall be appointed by the mayor as the chairperson of the commission…

§50-4 Qualifications of commission members. Each charter commission member shall be a registered voter and resident of the county for at least three years prior to the member's appointment. Elected officials of the state or county governments shall not be eligible for appointment…

§50-5 Commission organization and procedures. No later than fifteen days after its members are appointed, the charter commission shall organize and hold its first meeting and shall adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it deems necessary and desirabl…

§50-6 Duties and functions of commissions. The charter commission shall study and analyze the existing governmental structure of the county for the purpose of securing information that will enable it to draft a proposed charter adapted to the requirements of the county and design…

§50-7 Powers of the commission. The charter commission shall hold public hearings and sponsor public forums and in general provide for the widest possible public information and discussion respecting the purpose and progress of its work. It shall receive the assistance of any off…

§50-8 Submission of proposed charter to legislative body of the county. Within one year of its appointment, the charter commission shall submit a report in writing on its activities, findings, and recommendations to the legislative body of the county together with a draft of the …

§50-9 Submission of proposed charter to county clerk. If the legislative body of the county proposes no alternative sections to the charter, the charter commission shall submit a draft of the proposed charter to the county clerk within thirty days after it has received the charte…

§51-1 Grant of powers. Every county of this State may acquire, condemn, purchase, lease, construct, extend, own, maintain, and operate mass transit systems, including, without being limited to, motor buses, street railroads, fixed rail facilities such as monorails or subways, whe…

§51-2 Provision relating to purchase. Any franchise heretofore granted by the legislature authorizing the transportation of persons or property, or both, by motor vehicle limited to one county or a portion of a county is amended as follows with respect to the procedure for the pu…

§51-3 Effect of amendment. The amendments provided in section 51-2 shall not be construed to amend or affect any other provision of the franchise referred to in section 51-2. [L 1967, c 300, §3; HRS §51-3]