Section 15-19-22 - Public hearing(a) After receipt of the executive director's report, the authority may act to propose the making of an improvement or improvements and creation of assessment areas based upon the information and data provided in the report. Assessment area rules shall also be drafted incorporating the latest available data. Public hearing on the assessment area rules may be held together with the hearing on creation of the assessment area.(b) Notice of public hearing shall comply with the requirements of chapter 91, HRS, and at least once in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county and state in which improvements are proposed. The notice shall contain a statement describing the proposed assessment area rules, including the description of the assessment area, the real property proposed to be assessed or acquired and the general details of the proposed improvement or improvements. The notice shall also state the time, date and place of the public hearing wherein persons may object to and suggest modifications to the proposed improvement or improvements and where the reports and other data relating to the proposed assessment area or areas may be seen and examined prior to the hearing.(c) In addition to the notice requirement of subsection (b), notice by certified or registered mail with a request for a return receipt shall be given to the several owners and lessees on record at the county department of finance. The notice shall be mailed to the address on record at the department and shall be sent no later than the date of notice of public hearing and shall state the time, date, and place of the hearing where persons may object to and suggest modifications to the proposed improvement or improvements and where reports and other data relating to the proposed assessment area or areas may be seen and examined prior to the hearing.(d) Rules required by this section shall define and establish the assessment area or areas, define the extent and describe the general details of the proposed improvement or improvements, describe each parcel of real property to be acquired, declare the part or portion of the cost of improvement or improvements to be borne by the authority, declare the part or portion of the cost of improvement or improvements to be borne by the county, declare the method of assessment, the portion of the cost of the improvement or improvements to be borne by the owners of real property, and the assessment on each lot.[Eff 9/17/84, am 1/29/90] (Auth: HRS §§ 206E-4, 206E-6) (Imp: HRS §§ 206E-4, 206E-6)