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HCC §33-27

Tax increment bonds are paid only from a special fund

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This section says tax increment bonds can only be paid from a special tax increment fund, not from the County's general money or taxes. The County Council can promise to use part of that fund for the bonds, and bond holders can enforce that promise. County officers are not personally liable for these bonds.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Bonds not chargeable against general revenue

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.

(a) Tax increment bonds shall be payable only out of the tax increment fund. The council may pledge irrevocably all or a part of the fund for payment of the bonds. The part of the fund pledged in payment thereafter shall be used only for the payment of the bonds or interest or redemption premium, if any, on the bonds until the bonds have been fully paid. If the council has pledged a part of the fund for payment of bonds, a holder of the bonds shall have a lien against the fund for payment of the bonds and interest thereon and may either at law or in equity protect and enforce such lien. (b) No officer of the County including any officer executing tax increment bonds shall be liable for the tax increment bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Tax increment bonds issued under this chapter shall not be general obligations of the County, nor in any event shall they give rise to a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of the County or be payable other than as provided by this chapter. No holder of bonds issued under this chapter shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the County to pay such bonds or the interest thereon, and no moneys other than the moneys in the tax increment fund pledged to the bonds shall be applied to the payment thereof. Tax increment bonds issued under this chapter shall state these restrictions on their face. (1994, ord 94-76, sec 3.)33-27
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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