§46-80  Improvement by assessment;financing.  Any county having a charter may enact an ordinance, and mayamend the same from time to time, providing for the making and financing ofimprovement districts in the county, and such improvements may be made andfinanced under such ordinance.  The county may issue and sell bonds to providefunds for such improvements.  Bonds issued to provide funds for suchimprovements may be either bonds when the only security therefor is theproperties benefited or improved or the assessments thereon or bonds payablefrom taxes or secured by the taxing power of the county.  If the bonds aresecured only by the properties benefited or improved or the assessmentsthereon, the bonds shall be issued according and subject to the provisions ofthe ordinance.  If the bonds are payable from taxes or secured by the taxingpower, the bonds shall be issued according and subject to chapter 47.  Exceptas is otherwise provided in section 46-80.1, in assessing land forimprovements a county shall assess the land within an improvement districtaccording to the special benefits conferred upon the land by the specialimprovement; these methods include assessment on a frontage basis or accordingto the area of land within an improvement district, or any other assessmentmethod which assesses the land according to the special benefit conferred, orany combination thereof. [L 1976, c 105, §1; am L 1978, c 180, §1(2); am L1992, c 226, §3]

 

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  Improvements by Assessment in Hawaii.  14 HBJ 139.