In addition to any other powers provided by law, a county may:

(1) Subject to the approval of the governing body of the county, enter into, amend, supplement, and carry out a project agreement with a project party, and enter into and carry out any other agreement whereby the obligations of a project party under a project agreement shall be unconditionally guaranteed or insured by, or the performance thereof assigned to, a person other than the project party;
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-2

  • County: means the city and county of Honolulu, the county of Hawaii, the county of Kauai, and the county of Maui. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Governing body: means the body, council, or board charged with exercising the legislative authority of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or other legal entity, governmental body, or agency, board, bureau, or other instrumentality thereof, or any combination of two or more of the foregoing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
  • Pollution control project: means any processing enterprise consisting of property, or improvements or alterations to property, designed, acquired, constructed, installed, or modified, and certified as necessary or desirable by the state department of health, to abate, control, reduce, treat, eliminate, or dispose of solid waste, and specifically includes facilities which incidentally provide for the recovery of energy or material resources, or both. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
  • Project agreement: means any lease, sublease, loan agreement, conditional sale agreement, or other similar financing contract or agreement, or combination thereof entered into under this chapter by the county, including the financing of a pollution control project from the proceeds of the special purpose revenue bonds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
  • Project party: means the person with whom the county enters into a project agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
  • Special purpose revenue bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a county issued pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) By separate ordinance, approved by two-thirds of the members to which the governing body of the county is entitled, issue special purpose revenue bonds pursuant to this chapter in such principal amounts as may be necessary to finance the cost of the pollution control project;
(3) Lend or otherwise apply the proceeds of the special purpose revenue bonds issued for a pollution control project, either directly or through a trustee or a project party, for use and application by the project party in the acquisition, construction, installation, or modification of a pollution control project, or agree with the project party whereby any of these activities shall be undertaken or supervised by that project party or by a person designated by the project party;
(4) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on special purpose revenue bonds issued to finance the costs of the pollution control project and any related agreement:

(A) Pledge, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber all or any part of the revenues and receipts derived or to be derived by the county under the project agreement;
(B) Pledge and assign the interests and rights of the county under the project agreement or other agreement with respect to such pollution control project;
(C) Pledge and assign any bond, debenture, note, or other evidence of indebtedness received by the county with respect to such pollution control project; or
(D) Any combination of the foregoing;
(5) With or without terminating a project agreement, exercise any and all rights provided by law for entry and reentry upon or to take possession of a pollution control project at any time, or from time to time, upon breach or default by a project party under a project agreement, including any action at law or in equity for the purpose of effecting its rights of entry or reentry or obtaining possession of the project or for the payments of the rentals, user taxes, or charges or any other sums due and payable by the project party to the county pursuant to the project agreement; and
(6) Do all things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

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