HCC §32-55
Deadline for challenging a special tax
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets a time limit for anyone who wants to challenge a special tax or an increase in a special tax. You must start a court case within 30 days after the county council approves the tax in the relevant ordinance. After that, you cannot challenge it.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Challenges to special taxes
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.
In accordance with section 46-80, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, as amended, any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the levy of a special tax or an increase in a special tax pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within thirty days after the special tax is approved by the council in the ordinance of formation or in the ordinance of consideration or in the ordinance of annexation, as the case may be. (1994, ord 94-77, sec 3.)32-55
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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