Section 15-19-15 - Connection by the authority to underground public utility facilities(a) Whenever any public utility company has relocated its utility lines and related facilities underground in compliance with this chapter the authority may, in lieu of the procedures prescribed in section 15-19-14 include the installation of the underground lateral connections within private properties as part of an assessment area so as to assure the timely removal of utility poles.(b) When the installation of the lateral connection is performed as part of an assessment area, the cost thereof shall be added to the property owner's share of the cost of assessments and if the property owner elects to pay said assessment in installments, it shall be payable in the same manner and at the same rate of interest as prescribed for the payment of assessments.(c) In the case of connections to be made on properties owned by government, an eleemosynary organization, or an entity exempted by law from the payment of assessments, the cost thereof shall be assumed and paid for by the affected government agency, eleemosynary organization, or entity, subject to the same manner and subject to the same rate of interest to be established by the authority for the assessment area.[Eff 11/1/85] (Auth: HRS §§ 206E-4, 206E-6) (Imp: HRS §§ 206E-4, 206E-6)