Hawaii Revised Statutes 54. Water Systems

PART I. GENERALLY

• 54-1 Improvement by Assessment.
  Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any county may construct water systems by use of the improvement by assessment method, provided that nothing...

PART II. COUNTY BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY

• 54-11 Definitions.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-11 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Board" means the board of water supply of each county;...
• 54-12 Board of Water Supply.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-12 Board of water supply. If a county does not have an existing board of water supply,...
• 54-13 Organization and Meetings.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-13 Organization and meetings. The members of the board of water supply shall select their own chairperson...
• 54-14 Staff.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-14 Staff. The board of water supply shall appoint an engineer duly registered under chapter 464 to...
• 54-15 Powers and Duties of Board.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-15 Powers and duties of board. The board of water supply shall manage, control, and operate the...
• 54-16 Legal Department.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-16 Legal department. The county attorney shall be the legal advisor of the board of water supply...
• 54-17 Outstanding Obligations.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-17 Outstanding obligations. All outstanding obligations in connection with the operation of the waterworks shall be paid...
• 54-18 Purchase and Sale of Waterworks Property; Contracts.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-18 Purchase and sale of waterworks property; contracts. The board of water supply may contract for work,...
• 54-19 Construction, Additions, Extensions, Increases, Betterments, and Improvements.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-19 Construction, additions, extensions, increases, betterments, and improvements. The board of water supply shall locate and determine...
• 54-20 Accounts, Revenues and Expenditures.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-20 Accounts, revenues and expenditures. The board of water supply shall maintain proper accounts in such manner...
• 54-21 Reserve Fund.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-21 Reserve fund. The board of water supply may provide for the accumulation of a fund for...
• 54-22 Revenue Bond Sales.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-22 Revenue bond sales. The county treasurer shall, when so directed by the board of water supply,...
• 54-23 Provisions for Payment of Bonds, Etc.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-23 Provisions for payment of bonds, etc. Whenever there are outstanding any bonds of the county representing...
• 54-24 Operating Expenses, Reserves, and Appropriations.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-24 Operating expenses, reserves, and appropriations. All receipts of the board of water supply other than from...
• 54-25 Disbursement of Fund.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-25 Disbursement of fund. The county treasurer shall disburse all moneys of the board only upon warrants...
• 54-26 Rates.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-26 Rates. The board of water supply may fix and adjust rates and charges for the furnishing...
• 54-27 Acquisition of Lands.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-27 Acquisition of lands. The board of water supply may, in the name of the county, acquire...
• 54-28 Agreement for Joint Use of Utilities.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-28 Agreement for joint use of utilities. The board of water supply may enter into such arrangements...
• 54-29 Pensions.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-29 Pensions. All officers and employees of the board of water supply shall be entitled to the...
• 54-30 Deposit of Money in Banks.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-30 Deposit of money in banks. All moneys deposited in the office of the county treasurer belonging...
• 54-31 Name and Service of Process; Claims Against the Board.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-31 Name and service of process; claims against the board. The board of water supply created herein...
• 54-32 Office and Base Yard Facilities.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-32 Office and base yard facilities. The council shall provide necessary office and base yard space and...
• 54-33 Rules and Regulations.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-33 Rules and regulations. The board of water supply may make and from time to time alter,...
• 54-34 Penalties.
  Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E. §54-34 Penalties. Any person who violates any rule or regulation made and promulgated by the board of...

PART III. HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY

• 54-51 Board of Water Supply.
  There shall be a board of water supply of the county of Hawaii, to consist of nine members, of whom eight shall be appointive...
• 54-52 Appointment.
  The eight appointive members of the board of water supply shall be appointed by the chairperson of the council of the county, with the...
• 54-53 Organization and Meetings.
  As soon as may be after January 1 of each year, the board of water supply shall meet for the purpose of organization. The...
• 54-54 General Management.
  The board of water supply shall, with the advice and consent of the council of the county, appoint a manager who shall have qualifications that...
• 54-55 Legal Department.
  The county attorney shall be the legal adviser of the board of water supply and shall prosecute and defend, as the board may require,...
• 54-56 Purchases and Contracts.
  The board of water supply may contract for work, supplies, materials, or equipment when the cost of these can be met from the revenues...
• 54-57 Construction, Additions, Extensions, Increases, Betterments, and Improvements.
  The board of water supply shall locate and determine the character and type of all construction and additions, extensions, increases, betterments, and improvements to...
• 54-58 Accounts, Revenues, and Expenditures.
  The board of water supply shall maintain proper accounts in such manner as to show the true and complete financial status and the results...
• 54-59 Audits.
  The auditor of the county shall make an annual audit of the accounts and financial status of the board of water supply and shall...
• 54-60 Reserve Fund.
  The board of water supply may provide for the accumulation of a fund for the purpose of financing major replacements, or extensions and additions,...
• 54-61 Bond Sales.
  The sale of bonds for purposes of the board of water supply shall be subject to the approval of the council of the county;...
• 54-62 Disbursement of Funds.
  All moneys expended by the board of water supply pursuant to this part shall be disbursed by the county treasurer on vouchers signed by...
• 54-63 Rates.
  The board of water supply may fix and adjust rates and charges for the furnishing of water and for water services so that the...
• 54-64 Acquisition of Lands.
  The board of water supply may, in the name of the county, subject to the approval of the council of the county, acquire and...
• 54-65 Agreements for Joint Use of Utilities.
  The board of water supply may enter into such arrangements and agreements as it deems proper for the joint use with any other person,...
• 54-66 Agreements for Joint Services of Employees.
  The board of water supply may enter into such arrangements and agreements as it deems proper, under which employees of the department of public...
• 54-67 Service of Process; Claims.
  Except as otherwise provided by the county charter, section 54-31 shall apply. [L 1949, c 86, §18; RL 1955, §146-116; HRS §54-67; am L...

Last modified: October 27, 2016