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HRS §46-110

How tax increment fund money can be used

This section explains what the county can do with money in a tax increment fund. The money can only be used for bondholders, project costs, or certain county payments. Extra money can be invested or used to pay off bonds, but only if bondholders agree.

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The statute, as written — Tax increment fund

(a) Money shall be disbursed from the tax increment fund for a tax increment district only to satisfy the claims of holders of tax increment bonds issued for the tax increment district or to pay project costs for the district, or to make payments to the county as provided by subsection (c). (b) Subject to an agreement with the holders of tax increment bonds, money in a tax increment fund may be temporarily invested in the same manner as other funds of the county. (c) In any year in which the tax increment exceeds the amount necessary to pay all project costs and all installments of principal and interest of tax increment bonds issued for a tax increment district falling due and the amount paid to the county general fund pursuant to section 46-105(b)(2)(B), and subject to any agreement with bondholders, any excess money in the fund at the option of the county council, shall be used to redeem or purchase any outstanding tax increment bonds issued for the district, discharge the pledge of tax increment therefor, be paid into an escrow account dedicated to the payment of such bonds, be paid over to the county general fund, or any combination thereof.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§46-105 How tax money from a tax increment district is split

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