HCC §2-111
County Council's power to sell or lease land
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lets the County Council approve, by a majority vote, certain land deals. It allows the finance or public works director to handle short-term leases and small easements without Council approval. It also permits trading county land for private land.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Powers of council
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to other provisions of this article, the council may, by resolution approved by a majority of its members, direct the finance director or director of public works: (1) To dispose of real property in fee simple by lease, license, or permit; provided that any lease, license, or permit whose term is for less than one hundred eighty days may be granted, without the necessity of council action, by the finance director or director of public works through direct negotiation and without recourse to public auction; (2) To grant easement for particular purposes, subject, however, to reverter to the County upon termination or abandonment of the specific purpose for which it was granted, provided that any easement may be granted by direct negotiation and without recourse to public auction when the sale price of such easement is less than $1,000; (3) To exchange real property for private property. ADMINISTRATION § 2-112
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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