Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 53-27

  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Subject to § 53-36, there shall be paid annually out of the earnings of the redevelopment corporation, after providing for all expenses, taxes, assessments, and depreciation in improvements, or, in the case of a lease, for amortization, a sum for interest and dividends not exceeding eight per cent of the total actual final cost of the project as defined by [paragraph] (2) of § 53-32. The obligation in respect of the payments shall be cumulative, and any deficiency in interest and dividends in any year shall be paid from the first available earnings in subsequent years; and any cash surplus derived from earnings remaining in the treasury of the redevelopment corporation in excess of the amount necessary to provide the cumulative annual sums shall, upon dissolution of the corporation, be paid into the redevelopment fund of the county in which the project lies.