REVENUE BONDS

HRS div. 1, tit. 6, ch. 49

in effect

HRS §49-1 Definitions

49-1. Definitions Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Board" means any department or board of a county authorized to issue revenue bonds under this chapter. "County" means the city and county of Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, the board of water supply of the city and county of Honolulu and the boards of water supply of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. "Director of finance" means the director of finance of the various counties. "Governing body" means council of each county, or any other body exercising the legislative powers of the county. "Loan program" means the activities and policies undertaken by any county to provide: (1) Assistance to members of the general public who are residents of the county by making loans or causing loans to be made available to them for purposes as may be authorized by law; or (2) Loans to private nonprofit organizations or public instrumentalities, or to wholly owned affiliates thereof, for the development of low and moderate income housing pursuant to section 46-15.1(a). "Revenue" means the moneys collected, including any moneys collected from the county or any department thereof, from the rates, rentals, fees and charges prescribed for the use and services of, and the facilities and commodities furnished by, an undertaking or the use and services and benefits of a loan program. "Revenue bonds" means all bonds payable solely from and secured by the revenue, or user taxes, or any combination of both, of an undertaking or loan program or any loan made thereunder for which such bonds are issued and as otherwise provided in this chapter. "Undertaking" means any public works and properties, improvement, or system owned or operated by the county, and from which the county may derive revenue, or with respect to which the county may derive user taxes, including but not limited to one or a combination of two or more of the following: water, sewerage, gas or electric, heat, light or power works, solid waste processing and disposal, public off-street parking facilities, plants, systems, and low and moderate income housing projects provided pursuant to section 46-15.1, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto. "User taxes" means taxes on goods or services or on the consumption thereof, the receipts of which are substantially derived from the consumption, use or sale of goods and services in the utilization of the functions or services furnished by the undertaking. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3; am L 2002, c 207, §§1, 3; am L 2007, c 37, §3]

HRS §49-2 Declaration of policy

49-2. Declaration of policy It is declared to be the policy of the State that any county acquiring, purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, improving, bettering, or extending an undertaking or establishing or administering a loan program pursuant to this chapter shall manage the undertaking or loan program in the most efficient manner consistent with sound economy and public advantage and consistent with the protection of bondholders. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-3 Additional powers of counties

49-3. Additional powers of counties (a) In addition to the powers that it may now have, any county under this chapter may: (1) Construct, acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, reconstruct, improve, better, or extend any undertaking, within or without the county, or partially within or partially without the county, and acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, lands or rights in land or water rights in connection with the land rights or undertake the establishment and administration of a loan program as authorized by the law; (2) Operate and maintain any undertaking and maintain a loan program as authorized by law and furnish the services, facilities, and commodities thereof for its own use and for the use of public and private consumers within or without the territorial boundaries of the county; (3) Issue its revenue bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of any undertaking or the establishment and administration of any loan program as authorized by law; (4) Impose, prescribe, and collect rates, rentals, fees, and charges for the use and services of, and the facilities and commodities furnished by, the undertaking or the use and services of the loan program as authorized by law, as provided in section 49-10; and (5) Pledge to the punctual payment of the revenue bonds and interest thereon or covenant to pay into any special funds from which any revenue bonds may be payable, all or any portion of the revenue of the undertaking or loan program or of any part thereof, or the user taxes derived therefrom, or any combination of both (including improvements, betterments, or extensions thereto thereafter constructed or acquired) sufficient, among other things, to pay the revenue bonds and interest thereon as the same shall become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves therefor. (b) The governing body of the county in determining the cost may include: (1) All costs and estimated costs of the issuance of the revenue bonds; (2) All architectural, engineering, inspection, financial, and legal expenses; (3) All costs of establishing or administering a loan program authorized by law; (4) The cost of causing the payment of the principal or interest or both of the revenue bonds to be insured or guaranteed; (5) The initial cost of any support facility obtained as permitted by section 49-8; and (6) Interest that is estimated will accrue on the bonds during the construction or origination period and for six months thereafter. (c) Subject to the approval of the governing body, or in counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more if authorized by a county charter to issue revenue bonds in its own name, a board may exercise all or any part of the powers vested in the county pursuant to this chapter but only with respect to an undertaking or loan program under the jurisdiction of the board. In the event a board exercises any of the powers vested in the county pursuant to this chapter, the term governing body as used in this chapter shall be deemed to mean the board, and the term director of finance shall be deemed to mean the chief financial officer of the board. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3; am L Sp 2009, c 31, §1]

HRS §49-4 Authorization of undertaking, loan program and revenue bonds; details of revenue bonds

49-4. Authorization of undertaking, loan program and revenue bonds; details of revenue bonds (a) The acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of any undertaking or the establishment and administration of a loan program may be authorized under this chapter, and revenue bonds may be authorized to be issued under this chapter by resolution or resolutions of the governing body of the county issuing the revenue bonds which may be adopted at the same meeting at which the same are introduced by a majority of all the members of the governing body of the county then in office and shall take effect immediately upon adoption. (b) The revenue bonds, subject to the proviso to this paragraph shall, bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such time or times, may be in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption, to being tendered for purchase or to being purchased prior to their stated maturity at the option of the county, the holder or either or both, may contain such terms, covenants, and conditions, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as the resolution and subsequent resolutions may provide; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing the governing body may provide for deeply discounted revenue bonds which do not bear interest but which are subject to redemption or retirement at their accreted value provided that the discounted value of the revenue bonds shall not exceed ten per cent of any series of revenue bonds. (c) The governing body shall determine the date, denomination or denominations, interest payment dates, maturity date or dates, place or places of payment, registration privileges and place or places of registration, redemption price or prices and time or times and terms and conditions and method of redemption, the rights of the holder to tender for purchase and the price or prices and time or times and terms and conditions upon which the rights might be exercised, the rights to purchase and the price or prices and the time or times and terms and conditions upon which the rights might be exercised and the purchase may be made, and all other details of revenue bonds issued under this part. The governing body may also determine to acquire such policies of insurance and enter into such banking arrangements on such terms as the county may deem necessary or desirable in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, without limitation, credit and liquidity support facilities and interest rate swaps, swaptions, interest rate floors or caps, and other similar contracts to hedge or reduce the amount or duration of payment, rate, spread or similar risk or to reduce the cost of borrowing when used in conjunction with the bonds. A governing body may delegate the responsibility for any or all of the aforesaid determinations, within limits prescribed by the governing body, to the director of finance. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3; am L 2003, c 39, §1]

HRS §49-5 Sale of revenue bonds

49-5. Sale of revenue bonds (a) The director of finance may make such arrangements as may be necessary or proper for the sale of each issue of revenue bonds or part thereof as are issued under this chapter, including, without limitation, arranging for the preparation and printing of the revenue bonds, the official statement and any other documents or instruments deemed required for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds and retaining such financial, accounting and legal consultants, all upon such terms and conditions as the director of finance deems advisable and in the best interest of the county. The governing body may offer the revenue bonds at competitive sale or may negotiate the sale of the revenue bonds to any person or group of persons, to the United States of America, or any board, agency, instrumentality, or corporation thereof, to the employees' retirement system of the State, to the State or any political subdivision of the State, or to any board, agency, instrumentality, public corporation, or other governmental organization of the State or of any political subdivision of the State. (b) The sale of the revenue bonds by the governing body by negotiation shall be at such price or prices and upon such terms and conditions, and the revenue bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates or such varying rates determined from time to time in such manner, as the governing body shall approve. (c) The sale of the revenue bonds by the governing body at competitive sale shall be at a price or prices and upon terms and conditions, and the revenue bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates or varying rates determined from time to time in the manner, as specified by the successful bidders, in which event the revenue bonds shall be sold in accordance with this subsection. The revenue bonds offered at competitive sale shall be sold only after public notice of sale advising prospective purchasers of the proposed sale. The revenue bonds offered at competitive sale may be sold to the bidder offering to purchase the revenue bonds at the lowest interest cost, the interest cost, for the purpose of this subsection, being determined on one of the following bases as selected by the governing body: (1) The figure obtained by adding together the amounts of interest payable on the revenue bonds from their dates to their respective maturity dates at the rate or rates specified by the bidder and deducting from the sum obtained the amount of any premium offered by the bidder; (2) Where the interest on the revenue bonds is payable annually, the annual interest rate (compounded annually), or, where the interest on the bonds is payable semiannually, the rate obtained by doubling the semiannual interest rate (compounded semiannually), necessary to discount the principal and interest payments on the revenue bonds from the dates of payment thereof to the date of the revenue bonds and to the price bid (the price bid for the purpose of this paragraph shall not include the amount of interest accrued on the revenue bonds from their date to the date of delivery and payment); or (3) Where the interest on the revenue bonds is payable other than annually or semiannually or will vary from time to time upon a basis that, in the opinion of the director of finance, shall result in the lowest cost to the county; provided that in any case the right shall be reserved to reject any or all bids and waive any irregularity or informality in any bid. (d) Revenue bonds offered at competitive sale, without further action of the governing body, shall bear interest at the rate or rates specified by the successful bidder or at varying rates determined from time to time in the manner specified by the successful bidder with the consent of the governing body. The notice of sale required by this section shall be given at least once and at least five days prior to the date of the sale in a newspaper or newspapers published in any of the cities of New York, Chicago, or San Francisco, and shall be in a form and contain terms and conditions that the governing body shall determine. The notice of sale shall comply with the requirements of this section if it merely advises prospective purchasers of the proposed sale and makes reference to a detailed notice of sale which is available to the prospective purchasers and which sets forth the specific details of the revenue bonds and terms and conditions upon which any revenue bonds are to be offered. The notice of sale and any detailed notice of sale may omit the date and time of sale, in which event the date and time shall be either given in the same manner and medium as the original notice or transmitted via electronic communication systems deemed proper by the governing body which is generally available to the financial community, in either case at least forty-eight hours prior to the time fixed for the sale. (e) A governing body may delegate the responsibility for any or all of the determinations or actions under this chapter to the director of finance. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3; am L 1998, c 2, §17]

HRS §49-6 Form and execution of revenue bonds

49-6. Form and execution of revenue bonds (a) Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be in such form as the governing body may determine, shall be lithographed or engraved, shall be manually signed by the director of finance or deputy director of finance, shall be countersigned with a lithographed or engraved facsimile of the signature of the mayor, and shall be sealed with the seal or a lithographed or engraved facsimile of the seal of the county. In addition, fully registered revenue bonds may be authenticated with the manual signature of the registrar, if any, thereunto duly appointed by the director of finance. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the governing body may provide that revenue bonds issued under this chapter may be typewritten, printed, or otherwise reproduced, and that the signature of the mayor upon the revenue bonds may be the mayor's manual signature. The coupons pertaining to the revenue bonds shall be executed with the lithographed or engraved facsimile signatures of the mayor and the director of finance. In the case of a board, for purposes of this section, the member thereof who is the presiding officer or, if authorized by the board, the executive director, and such other officer of the board as is provided by the board, shall be deemed the mayor and the director of finance. Pending the preparation of the definitive revenue bonds, interim receipts or certificates in such form and with such provisions as the governing body may determine may be issued. (b) The revenue bonds bearing the signature of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes, and shall have the same effect as if the persons officially signing the bonds had remained in office until the delivery of the revenue bonds to the initial purchasers thereof, and in the case of fully registered bonds upon any exchange or transfer between subsequent holders thereof notwithstanding that the term of office of the persons or any of them may have expired or they may otherwise have ceased to be officers before the delivery, exchange, or transfer. If the director of finance shall have designated a registrar for fully registered revenue bonds, the resolution authorizing the revenue bonds may provide that no fully registered revenue bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless certified or authenticated by the registrar. If the resolution provides, then all signatures of the officers of the county upon the fully registered revenue bonds may be facsimiles of the signatures, and the fully registered revenue bonds shall be valid and sufficient only if certified or authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized officer or signatory of such registrar. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, if blanks of fully registered revenue bonds are held by a registrar pending exchange or transfer for other fully registered revenue bonds of the same series, then upon delivery of revenue bonds in an exchange or transfer, the revenue bonds shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes notwithstanding that the signatures of the officers of the county appearing thereon shall be that of the persons in office at the time of initial delivery of the revenue bonds or that of the persons in office at the time of the exchange or transfer. The validity of the revenue bonds shall not be dependent on or affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of the undertaking or establishment or administration of the loan program authorized by law for which the revenue bonds are issued. The resolution authorizing the revenue bonds shall provide that the revenue bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-9 Covenants in resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds

49-9. Covenants in resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds Any resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter may contain covenants including but not limited to: (1) The purpose or purposes to which the proceeds of sale of the revenue bonds shall be applied and the use and disposition thereof; (2) The use and disposition of the revenue of the undertaking or the loan program for which the revenue bonds are to be issued, or the user taxes derived therefrom, or both, to the extent pledged to the payment of the revenue bonds, including the priority of payments from such revenue and the creation and maintenance of reserves and the investment thereof; (3) Transfer from the general fund of the county to the account or accounts of the undertaking an amount equal to the cost of furnishing the county or any of its departments, boards, or agencies, at their request, with the services, facilities and commodities of the undertaking; (4) The issuance of other or additional revenue bonds payable from the revenue of the loan program or of the undertaking, or the user taxes derived therefrom, or both revenue and user taxes, to the extent pledged to the payment of the revenue bonds; (5) The operation, maintenance, and repair of the undertaking or the administration, operation, and maintenance of the loan program; or (6) Other appropriate suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-10 Rates, rentals, fees and charges; undertakings and loan programs to be self-sustaining

49-10. Rates, rentals, fees and charges; undertakings and loan programs to be self-sustaining The governing body issuing revenue bonds pursuant to this chapter shall impose, prescribe and collect, or authorize and require the imposition, prescription and collection of, rates, rentals, fees or charges for the use and services of, and the facilities and commodities furnished by, the undertaking or for the use and services and benefits of the loan program for which the revenue bonds are issued, and shall revise, or require revision of, the rates, rentals, fees or charges from time to time whenever necessary, so that, together with the proceeds of the user taxes derived with respect to the undertaking pledged to the payment of the revenue bonds, the undertaking or loan program shall be and always remain self-sustaining. The rates, rentals, fees or charges imposed and prescribed shall produce revenue which, together with the proceeds of such user taxes, will be at least sufficient: (1) To make the required payments of the principal of and interest on all revenue bonds issued for the undertaking or loan program, including the payment of all revenue bonds and interest thereon for the payment of which the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, are or shall have been pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered, or which are otherwise payable from the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, or are payable from a special fund maintained, or to be maintained, from the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, including reserves therefor, and to maintain the special fund in an amount at least sufficient to pay when due all revenue bonds and interest thereon which are payable from the special fund, including reserves therefor; (2) To pay the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the undertaking, or to pay the cost of the administration, operation, and maintenance of the loan program, including reserves therefor; and (3) To carry out the covenants of the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds, including any covenant as to the minimum amounts of revenue to be produced by the undertaking or loan program for which the revenue bonds are issued. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-11 Use of revenue and user taxes of undertaking or loan program

49-11. Use of revenue and user taxes of undertaking or loan program Whenever any revenue bonds have been issued under this chapter for an undertaking or a loan program, the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, from which the revenue bonds are payable and by which they are secured of the undertaking or loan program shall be deposited in a special fund and shall be appropriated, applied, or expended, and the county shall have the right to appropriate, apply, or expend the same, in the amount necessary therefor for the following purposes and in such order of priority as the county shall provide in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds: (1) To pay when due all revenue bonds and interest thereon issued for the undertaking or loan program, for the payment of which the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, is or shall have been pledged, charged, or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor; (2) To pay or provide for the payment of the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the undertaking, or to pay or provide for the payment of administering, operating, and maintaining the loan program, including reserves therefor; (3) For such purposes, within the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and functions of the county, including the creation and maintenance of reserves, as shall have been covenanted in any resolution or resolutions of the county providing for the issuance of revenue bonds; (4) To reimburse the general fund of the county for all bond requirements for general obligation bonds which are or shall have been issued for the undertaking or loan program, or to refund any of the general obligation bonds, except insofar as the obligation of reimbursement has been or shall be canceled by the governing body, the bond requirements being the interest on term and serial bonds, sinking fund for term bonds, and principal of serial bonds maturing the following year; (5) To provide for betterments and improvements to the undertaking or expansion of the loan program, including reserves therefor; or (6) To provide such special reserve funds and other special funds as are or may be created by the resolution or resolutions authorizing the revenue bonds. Unless and until adequate provision has been made for the foregoing purposes, the county shall not have the right to transfer to its general fund or apply to any other purposes any part of the revenue, or user taxes, pledged to the payment of the revenue bonds, of the undertaking or loan program. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-12 Lien and charge of revenue bonds

49-12. Lien and charge of revenue bonds Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions, all revenue bonds of the same issue, subject to the prior and superior rights of outstanding revenue bonds, claims, or obligations, shall have a prior and paramount lien and charge on the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the payment thereof, of the undertaking or loan program for which the revenue bonds have been issued, over and ahead of all bonds of any issue payable from the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, which may be subsequently issued and over and ahead of any claims or obligations of any nature against the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, subsequently arising or subsequently incurred. All revenue bonds of the same issue shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, of sale, of execution, or of delivery, by a lien and charge on the revenue or user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the payment thereof, in accordance with this chapter and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the revenue bonds. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-13 Revenue bonds not a general or moral obligation of the county

49-13. Revenue bonds not a general or moral obligation of the county Unless otherwise provided in this section, revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable solely from and secured by the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the payment thereof, of the undertaking or loan program for which the revenue bonds have been issued, or secured solely by and payable from a special fund to be maintained from the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the special fund, and shall not constitute a general or moral obligation of the county or a charge upon the general fund of the county, nor shall the full faith and credit of the county be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest thereof. Revenue bonds issued for the purpose of establishing and administering a loan program authorized by law may also be secured by a pledge of all or a portion of undertakings, mortgages, and other obligations held by the county as security for a loan made under the program. Each revenue bond issued under this chapter shall recite in substance that the revenue bonds and the interest thereon are payable from and secured by the revenue, or the user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the payment thereof, of the undertaking or loan program for which the revenue bond is issued, or secured by and payable from a special fund to be maintained from the revenue, or user taxes, or combination of both, pledged to the special fund, and that the revenue bond is not a general or moral obligation of the county and the full faith and credit of the county are not pledged to the payment of the principal and interest. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-14 Undertaking, loan program, and revenue bonds exempt from taxation

49-14. Undertaking, loan program, and revenue bonds exempt from taxation So long as the county owns any undertaking or administers a loan program, the property and revenue of the undertaking or loan program shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxation; provided that any interest in property provided or given as security for a loan made under a loan program shall not be or be deemed to be property of the county for purposes of this section. Revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation by the State or any county or other political subdivision thereof, except inheritance, transfer, and estate taxes. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-15 Federal tax-exempt status; preference; protection

49-15. Federal tax-exempt status; preference; protection Revenue bonds issued under this chapter, to the extent practicable, shall be issued so as to comply with requirements imposed by valid federal law providing that the interest on the bonds shall be excluded from gross income for federal income [tax] purposes (except as certain minimum taxes or environmental taxes may apply). The director of finance is authorized to enter into such agreements, establish such funds or accounts and take any action as required in order to comply with such valid federal law. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the issuance of revenue bonds, the interest on which may be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. For the purpose of ensuring that interest on revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter which is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes (except as provided above) on the date of issuance shall continue to be so excluded, no county officer or employee or user of an undertaking or loan program shall authorize or allow any change, amendment, or modification to an undertaking or loan program financed or refinanced with the proceeds of revenue bonds which change, amendment or modification would affect the exclusion of interest on the revenue bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes unless the change, amendment, or modification shall have received the prior approval of the director of finance. Failure to receive the approval of the director of finance shall render any change, amendment, or modification void. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-16 Revenue bonds legal investments

49-16. Revenue bonds legal investments All public officers and bodies of the State, all political subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, all banks, savings banks, and savings institutions, including building or savings and loan associations, all credit unions, all trust companies, all personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and all other persons and fiduciaries in the State who are regulated by law as to the character of their investment, may legally invest funds within their control and available for investment in revenue bonds of the county. The purpose of this section is to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing), sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any revenue bonds of the county. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3; am L 1990, c 59, §9]

HRS §49-17 Duties of the director of finance

49-17. Duties of the director of finance (a) The director of finance shall be the fiscal agent for the payment of all principal and interest, and for the transfer of revenue bonds. The director of finance may appoint other fiscal agents and transfer agents. The director of finance shall cause to be set up in the treasury of the county suitable accounts for the deposit of all revenue of the undertaking or loan program, and for the payment of all revenue bonds and the interest thereon and for all other payment provided or required by this chapter, and for the holding of all reserves created under this chapter. If deemed necessary or advisable by the director of finance, the director may appoint a national or state bank or trust company within or without the State to serve as trustee for the holders of the revenue bonds and the director of finance may enter into a trust indenture or trust agreement or indenture of mortgage with the trustee. The trustee may be authorized by the county to receive and receipt for, hold and administer the proceeds of the revenue bonds and to apply the same to the purposes for which the bonds are issued, or to receive and receipt for, hold and administer all or part of the revenue derived by the county from the undertaking and to apply the revenue to the payment of the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds, or both. In the event that the trustee shall be appointed, any trust indenture or trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into by the director of finance with the trustee may contain whatever covenants and provisions as may be authorized by this chapter as may be deemed necessary by the director, and any covenants or provisions so contained need not be included in a resolution or resolutions adopted under this chapter, but may be incorporated by general reference thereto in such resolution or resolutions. Any resolution or resolutions, trust indenture or trust agreement or indenture of mortgage adopted by the governing body or entered into by the director of finance pursuant to this chapter may also contain any provisions required for the qualification thereof under the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or deemed necessary or desirable by the director of finance for the security and protection of the holders of the revenue bonds or to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The county may pledge and assign to the trustee all or part of the revenue of the undertaking or the loan program for the benefit of the holders of the revenue bonds. (b) If the director of finance appoints a trustee for the holders of the revenue bonds, then notwithstanding the first sentence of subsection (a), the director of finance may elect not to serve as fiscal agent for the payment of the principal and interest, and for the purchase, registration, transfer, exchange and redemption, of the revenue bonds, or may elect to limit the functions the director shall perform as the fiscal agent. The director of finance may appoint the trustee to serve as the fiscal agent, and may authorize and empower the trustee to perform the functions with respect to the payment, purchase, registration, transfer, exchange and redemption, as the director of finance may deem necessary, advisable, or expedient, including without limitation the holding of the revenue bonds and coupons which have been paid and the supervision and conducting of the destruction thereof in accordance with law, to appoint the trustee or others as fiscal agents, paying agents, and registrars for the revenue bonds or to authorize and empower the fiscal agents, paying agents, and registrars to perform the functions referred to in subsection (a), it being the intent of this subsection to permit, the director of finance, at the director's election, not to serve as fiscal agent for the revenue bonds or to limit the functions the director shall perform as such fiscal agent, as the director may deem necessary, advisable, or expedient. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-18 Investment of reserves, etc

49-18. Investment of reserves, etc The director of finance may invest any money held as reserves or in sinking funds or not required for immediate disbursement, including proceeds of the revenue bonds, which in the director's judgment are in excess of the amounts necessary for the meeting of immediate requirements, in securities permitted by the resolution or resolutions and which constitute legal investments for public funds. Income derived therefrom shall be treated as revenue of the undertaking or loan program; expenses of purchase, safekeeping, sale, and redemption, and all other expenses of the undertaking or loan program. Securities so purchased shall be considered as being deposited in the custody or control of the director of finance and shall be legally secured as required by law. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-19 Bond anticipation notes

49-19. Bond anticipation notes In anticipation of the issuance under this chapter of revenue bonds theretofore authorized by the governing body for an undertaking or a loan program and of the receipt of the proceeds of the bonds, the county, with the approval of the governing body, may issue and sell revenue bond anticipation notes for the purposes for which the revenue bonds have been authorized, the maximum principal amount of which notes shall not exceed the authorized principal amount of the revenue bonds. The notes shall be payable solely from and secured by the proceeds of the sale of the revenue bonds in anticipation of which they were issued and the revenue, or the user taxes, or a combination of both, from which would be payable and by which would be secured those revenue bonds; provided that to the extent the principal of the notes is paid from moneys other than the proceeds of sale of the revenue bonds, the maximum amount of revenue bonds in anticipation of which the notes are issued that has been authorized shall be reduced by the amount of the notes paid in that manner. The issuance of the notes and the details thereof shall be governed by this chapter with respect to revenue bonds insofar as the same may apply, provided that each note, together with all renewals and extensions thereof or refundings thereof by other notes issued under this section, shall mature within five years from the date of the original note. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-21 General laws applicable

49-21. General laws applicable The provisions of part III of chapter 47, relating to lost, stolen, destroyed, or defaced bonds, and to lost, stolen, destroyed, or defaced coupons, to the extent that they are applicable, shall apply to revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-23 Consent of state agencies

49-23. Consent of state agencies It shall not be necessary for any county proceeding under this chapter to obtain any certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization from any bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality of the State in order to acquire, construct, purchase, reconstruct, improve, better, extend, maintain, and operate an undertaking or undertake the establishment of loan programs, but the powers and duties of the bureau, board, commission, or instrumentality shall continue as heretofore. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-24 Validation of proceedings

49-24. Validation of proceedings All proceedings heretofore taken with respect to the contracting of revenue bonded indebtedness and the issuance, sale, execution, and delivery of revenue bonds by or on behalf of the county, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in any of those proceedings or in the issuance, execution, sale, or delivery, and the bonds so issued or to be issued are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of the county. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

HRS §49-25 Construction of chapter

49-25. Construction of chapter The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law or charter. The undertaking may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, and extended, and the loan program may be established, and revenue bonds may be issued under this chapter for those purposes, notwithstanding that any other law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, and extension of a like undertaking, or the establishment of a like loan program, or the issuance of revenue bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations, or other provisions contained in any other law or charter, including, but not limited to, any requirement for the approval by the voters of any county. Revenue bonds may be issued under this chapter notwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by any law or charter and without obtaining the consent of any commission, board, bureau, agency, or department of the State, and without any other proceeding or happening of any other condition or thing than those proceedings, conditions, or things which are specifically required by this chapter, and the mode and method of procedure for the issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter need not conform to the provisions of any other law or charter. The authorization, issuance and validity of revenue bonds under this chapter shall not be dependent on or affected in any way by proceedings taken, contracts made, acts performed or done in connection with, or in furtherance of any undertaking or loan program by the county authorizing and issuing the revenue bonds, or by the validity of any such proceedings, contracts or acts, nor shall the authorization, issuance and validity of bonds issued under this chapter be dependent in any way upon the due adoption or enactment of any capital program or capital budget ordinance or resolution or upon the continued effectiveness of any appropriation made in any capital budget ordinance or resolution; provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit the application of the proceeds of such bonds to appropriations which have lapsed pursuant to the provisions of law or of a charter. Insofar as the provisions of any other law or charter conflicts with this chapter, this chapter shall be controlling. [L 1989, c 80, pt of §3]

Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol02_Ch0046-0115/HRS0049/HRS_0049-.htmFetched: 11/10/2026