ROH §18A-4.8

Where civil penalty payments go

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This section says that money paid as civil penalties must be put into a special account in the city's general fund. The budget department names the account, and the money can only be used for enforcement work by the planning and permitting department.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Depository of civil penalties

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Payments of civil penalties are to be deposited into a special account of the general fund, to be appropriately named by the department of budget and fiscal services, and shall be used for expenses related to enforcement activities of the department of planning and permitting.

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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