Hawaiʻi County — Chapter 35

HCC §35-1 Definitions for business improvement districts

HCC §35-10 How a district creation process gets started

HCC §35-11 How the County Creates a Business Improvement District

HCC §35-12 Mailed notice of hearing for a proposed district

HCC §35-13 How landowners can stop a proposed special district

HCC §35-14 Rules for which land can be in a special improvement district

HCC §35-15 How long a business improvement district lasts

HCC §35-16 What district special assessment money can pay for

HCC §35-17 How to set up a special service area within a business district

HCC §35-18 How the business improvement district association is set up and run

HCC §35-19 Keeping and sharing district financial records

HCC §35-2 County can use this chapter for extra services and improvements

HCC §35-20 How property assessments are divided among parcels

HCC §35-21 How property assessments are set each year

HCC §35-22 Which properties are exempt from district assessments

HCC §35-23 How district assessments are paid and collected

HCC §35-24 What happens if you don't pay your assessment

HCC §35-25 How landowners get their first assessment notice

HCC §35-26 Landowners must tell buyers or renters about property liens

HCC §35-27 County-bought land must be sold with unpaid assessments

HCC §35-28 Changing district services, improvements, or assessments

HCC §35-29 How the county can change a business improvement district

HCC §35-3 What extra services and improvements a district can provide

HCC §35-30 How the council starts a change to the district law

HCC §35-31 What a proposed ordinance for change must include

HCC §35-32 Hearing notice for proposed ordinances

HCC §35-33 How to file a written protest against a proposed ordinance

HCC §35-34 When property owners can stop a proposed assessment

HCC §35-35 How long a hearing can last and when it ends

HCC §35-36 How the county tells you about district changes

HCC §35-37 Council can add land to a district even if not touching it

HCC §35-38 Adding land to an existing district

HCC §35-39 What an Annexation Ordinance Must Include

HCC §35-4 Paying off special assessment liens for a district

HCC §35-40 Hearing notice for proposed annexation

HCC §35-41 How to protest a proposed annexation

HCC §35-42 When property owners can stop an annexation

HCC §35-43 How long the annexation hearing can last and what happens after

HCC §35-44 Notice of assessment changes after annexation

HCC §35-45 How the council can end a district

HCC §35-46 How a business improvement district can be ended

HCC §35-47 What a proposed ordinance to end a district must include

HCC §35-48 How the public learns about a hearing to end a business improvement district

HCC §35-49 How the county issues bonds for business improvement districts

HCC §35-5 How a district can accept and repay advance payments

HCC §35-50 What costs can be included in bond principal

HCC §35-51 Bond limit based on property value

HCC §35-52 Agreement to foreclose on unpaid special assessments

HCC §35-53 How bonds are signed and why signatures stay valid

HCC §35-54 How bonds can be sold

HCC §35-55 Bond money must go into a special fund

HCC §35-56 Rules for issuing refunding bonds for district projects

HCC §35-57 County cannot issue general obligation bonds for district improvements

HCC §35-58 How special district bonds are counted for debt limits

HCC §35-59 Which newspaper racks this law covers

HCC §35-6 This chapter wins when it conflicts with other rules

HCC §35-60 Definitions for publication dispensing racks in business improvement districts

HCC §35-61 Rules for newspaper rack enclosures in the district

HCC §35-62 Rules for what can go in publication racks

HCC §35-63 Getting a permit for a newspaper rack space

HCC §35-64 Who must install and fix newspaper racks

HCC §35-65 Temporary removal of newspaper racks during construction or repairs

HCC §35-66 Rules against placing news racks on public land

HCC §35-67 County not responsible for news rack problems

HCC §35-68 Rules for carrying out this article

HCC §35-69 How fees are recorded and made public

HCC §35-7 Deadline for challenging county actions

HCC §35-70 If one part of this law is invalid, the rest still stands

HCC §35-8 How to interpret this chapter's rules

HCC §35-9 Missing a notice does not stop county proceedings